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I have a silkie hen who's got majorly bullied! Her one eye is completely shut and the skin on her neck is completely off and hanging! Please help!
Severely bullied silkie! Skin completley ripped off
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Here's my wound care protocol.
1. Treat for shock as the number one step. Give warm Gatoraid or mix a half teaspoon of sugar into a fourth of a cup of warm water with a pinch of salt and baking soda. Have the patient drink it all or syringe it into the beak.
2. Flush the wound well with saline. This is better than soap and water as it maintains the PH of the tissues. But warm soap and water will do. You need to wash away the bacteria from the wound.
3. Inspect the wound carefully. If it has a skin flap dangling, keep that. Do not cut it off. Look for bite, tear or puncture marks indicating a puncture wound. If you see this, the patient will need an oral antibiotic such as amoxicillin. Bacteria from the predator’s mouth can be injected deep into tissue and can kill in as little as 24 to 48 hours. You can order this https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/250mg once a day for ten days. Or you may be able to find this or something similar at TSC or a pet store.
4. Spray with Vetericyn wound treament and let dry. Use a topical antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin or a generic without pain killer in it to coat the wound. If there's a skin flap, lay it across the wound that has just been coated with the ointment. Then smooth on a generous amount over the top of the skin flap to hold it in place.
5. It's useless to try to stitch a wound on a chicken. Don't even try. It's also useless to try to bandage a wound other than on the feet. The chicken will not tolerate it. It will be pulled off faster than you can blink an eye.
6. Clean the wound every day following the above steps. Keep the wound covered with the ointment. Never allow the wound to get dried out or it will not heal.
For the eye, flush with saline by gently prying the eye open. Then put antibiotic ointment in the eye twice a day.
1. Treat for shock as the number one step. Give warm Gatoraid or mix a half teaspoon of sugar into a fourth of a cup of warm water with a pinch of salt and baking soda. Have the patient drink it all or syringe it into the beak.
2. Flush the wound well with saline. This is better than soap and water as it maintains the PH of the tissues. But warm soap and water will do. You need to wash away the bacteria from the wound.
3. Inspect the wound carefully. If it has a skin flap dangling, keep that. Do not cut it off. Look for bite, tear or puncture marks indicating a puncture wound. If you see this, the patient will need an oral antibiotic such as amoxicillin. Bacteria from the predator’s mouth can be injected deep into tissue and can kill in as little as 24 to 48 hours. You can order this https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/250mg once a day for ten days. Or you may be able to find this or something similar at TSC or a pet store.
4. Spray with Vetericyn wound treament and let dry. Use a topical antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin or a generic without pain killer in it to coat the wound. If there's a skin flap, lay it across the wound that has just been coated with the ointment. Then smooth on a generous amount over the top of the skin flap to hold it in place.
5. It's useless to try to stitch a wound on a chicken. Don't even try. It's also useless to try to bandage a wound other than on the feet. The chicken will not tolerate it. It will be pulled off faster than you can blink an eye.
6. Clean the wound every day following the above steps. Keep the wound covered with the ointment. Never allow the wound to get dried out or it will not heal.
For the eye, flush with saline by gently prying the eye open. Then put antibiotic ointment in the eye twice a day.
Can you get a photos of the eye too?
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Update!
She still obviously looks terrible and her eye is still a little swollen.
Poor little one i'm assuming it will take months for her to heal. She is a little trooper though she was a little bit more perky today and I did let her out to run for a little bit and she seemed very interested in everything. I just don't really know what to do as she doesn't have any skin left on her neck and head. I'm also worried that because she will be out of her flock for so long they'll start bullying her again.
She still obviously looks terrible and her eye is still a little swollen.
Poor little one i'm assuming it will take months for her to heal. She is a little trooper though she was a little bit more perky today and I did let her out to run for a little bit and she seemed very interested in everything. I just don't really know what to do as she doesn't have any skin left on her neck and head. I'm also worried that because she will be out of her flock for so long they'll start bullying her again.
Can you get some updated photos of her wounds and eye?
For the eye, you may find that it needs to be rinsed with saline, remove any dried blood or debris, then apply an ointment in the eye like Terramycin or Original Neosporin.
Daily visits to see and be near her flock can be helpful to keep birds familiar with their flock. Even by doing this, sometimes integration can be a challenge, especially if the bird is low in pecking order.
For the eye, you may find that it needs to be rinsed with saline, remove any dried blood or debris, then apply an ointment in the eye like Terramycin or Original Neosporin.
Daily visits to see and be near her flock can be helpful to keep birds familiar with their flock. Even by doing this, sometimes integration can be a challenge, especially if the bird is low in pecking order.
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I will send some photos tomorrow morning as she is sleeping right now!
I did let her free range with her flock for just for a bit and both the roo and the hen started to peck on the wounds causing her to bleed. This all happened in a split second from one peck which shows unfortunately how severe her injury is.
I did let her free range with her flock for just for a bit and both the roo and the hen started to peck on the wounds causing her to bleed. This all happened in a split second from one peck which shows unfortunately how severe her injury is.
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Here are some updated photos!
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I had a bird like that who was bald all over from being bullied and was freezing to death after they kicked her out of the heat lamp areas we had, I isolated her cleaned her wounds and have her extra love and protien. I monitored her eating drinking and once she had her feathers back she was good as new. This is her halfway through recovery and her now
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She is fine, just give her some time to heal. I have had more than a few stags get scalped by older hens and they always recover just fine.
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