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

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Be careful about administering fluids without guidance, tho - needs to be under a vet's supervision - make sure they give you a drip rate, oz or other guideline. This is dangerous if the bird is drinking on her own just fine. Hypolvolemia will result. Subq fluids are given to critters that have recently come out of anesthesia/surgery and are a litte dehydrated (given once before they go home and never again), or if they have some sort of other illness and aren't eating and drinking on their own (usually cats with chronic diseases/disorders). Fluid therapy changes everything from the way lungs receive their O2 to the efficiency of the heart to pump, kidneys, liver, etc.

If she isn't drinking enough, this is a possiblity but it can be a bit scary your first time. Birds are a bit thin skinned when compared to a dog and cat. When giving birds fluids subQ, the skin will stretch very thin and become transparent and look just like bubble wrap. This is why some birds are better off getting fluids in the air spaces in the bones where it is easily absorbed, although no less traumatic. Of course this is a procedure done by the vet. Thought I'd throw this in the pile in case someone was searching for info on birds and IV's - just to make sure folks understand that seriousness of this type of treatment.
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I saw your pictures and I have the same pictures except mine is buff. Happy to say that she is completely healed if that gives you hope. I used wonder dust though. I feel that wounds in chickens need a drying agent. The wonder dust has iodoform and flowers of sulphur as well as charcoal. I didn't even have to give her ab's. My chicken's wound was a flap and I kept it completely open and puffed the wonder dust on it. I just had to clean the wonder dust off at night. My advice would be to dry it out with a wound powder and stop the neosporin.
 
I think she's getting enough fluids now at least. I will switch out the neosporin for powder going forward. Hopefully that promotes faster healing.

She seemed to have more of an appetite this morning at least but we're still having to hand feed her.
 
Well, the end of Day 7. She still won't eat on her own. I put food in her pen and regardless of what it is, she looks at it, goes to peck at it but holds up. I think part of it is the pain from using her neck...she acts weird when she tries to shake herself too lie when she gets wet...she does it super slow and you can tell it hurts due to the wound down her neck. She eats and drinks no problem if you use a syringe and you can tell she's hungry but she simply will not eat on her own.

I've recleaned the wound to get all the neosporin off and have switched to the powder so we'll see I guess.
 
It's probably going to be a very long recovery time for her. I agree with you that it must be painful for her to move her neck around. Maybe there's injuries to muscles or ligaments, maybe nerve endings...that will take alot of time to heal, like in a human injury. I hope you're in it for the long haul.
 
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Definitely. The wound looks clean, doesn't smell and its healing. She is clearly hungry and she wants to eat. I just have to find the best "slurry" for her to keep healing. How fine do scrambled eggs blend down if they're put in with yogurt or buttermilk?

For water, we've transitioned to slightly opening her mouth and pouring it in with a small tablespoon with a side spout. Its working really well.


We're going to keep plugging away on her until she gets better.
 
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Definitely. The wound looks clean, doesn't smell and its healing. She is clearly hungry and she wants to eat. I just have to find the best "slurry" for her to keep healing. How fine do scrambled eggs blend down if they're put in with yogurt or buttermilk?

For water, we've transitioned to slightly opening her mouth and pouring it in with a small tablespoon with a side spout. Its working really well.


We're going to keep plugging away on her until she gets better.

You're going to have to experiment with the consistancy. I dont know if she'll like it "chunky" or "liquidy." I think it would depend if she can swallow it. It sounds like the tablespoon method will work best.
 
Day 8 Recap:

SHE ATE, SHE ATE, SHE ATE ALL ON HER OWN!!!
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When I got home from work, it was a nice day so I let her out to free range with our other 3 hens. She perked up immediately and walked around with them for a while. She tried to peck at stuff on the ground but she is still in pain when she bends that far over so it was a couple blades a grass here and there. But you could tell she really WANTED to eat. So, I brought her back in after about 20 min of playtime and made her some scrambled eggs and then slurried it in the blender with some liquid. We went to feed her with the syringe and she started licking it out of the end of the syringe and pecking it off my hand where it spilled. She ate almost all of it off my hand so we put the bowl with the rest in front of her and held it up so she didn't have to bend over and she just went to town on it for a good 15 min. She was the happiest chicken I've ever seen...so, all in all...a darn GOOD DAY!!!

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