Rooster Went Nuts...Brutally Attacked Hen (MORE PHOTOS ADDED)

[Davian]

Day 2: She's still alive and well. She's drinking and eating and it looks like the wound is starting to clot up with newish skin. I reapplied her neosporin this morning and she's was far more annoyed than she was yesterday which I took as a good sign. Yesterday, she was basically in shock...today she was yelling at me.

 

[LeezyBeezy]

Glad to hear it- that is a horrific wound.

 

[dawg53]

Keep applying neosporin as necessary. As long as she's eating and drinking normally and the injury is looking good, I see no reason to provide her with antibiotics. If she takes a turn for the worse, I'd recommend penicillin G procaine injections for several days. I dont think you'll have to worry about that though.

 

[mitchell3006]

Neosporin is an antibiotic in a petroleum jelly base NOT a painkiller.

 

[Davian]

Quote:
Well obviously...but the question was based on the fact that they also make a version that DOES have a topical painkiller in it. And apparently that type is very bad for chickens.

 

[aoxa]

It sounds like he doesn't have enough hens to me.. I've heard that one rooster needs to have 12 + hens to keep him from getting aggressive with them.. I have 8 hens and one rooster, but he's a silkie rooster, and a sweet heart at that!

 

[Impress]

I have a Speckled Sussex rooster that only has 4 girls, but he is a nice boy, no naked backs and he does just fine with his little harem. It seems to depend on the rooster on if they need a ton of girls or not.

 

[Davian]

Well, he's 3ft under at this point so he doesn't need any girls now.

 

[Impress]

Exactly. I'm so sorry your hen is so hurt, I do hope she recovers, they are amazing healers!

 

[zzGypsy]

Quote:
Well obviously...but the question was based on the fact that they also make a version that DOES have a topical painkiller in it. And apparently that type is very bad for chickens.

haven't heard why it's bad for chickens, would love to know the reason, if anyone has info.
it seems painkillers are bad for healing in general... local anesthesia can slow the healing process... we've had several horses injuries over the years that required stitching, and I've had 2 different vets say if they'll allow stitching without a a local, that's how they do it because the local slows the healing considerably.
next time I've got a vet out, I'll ask why.
wondering if it's something about the specific pain killer in that neosporin version and chickens, or if it's something having to do with pain killers and healing in general.