skinned alive -update 18/4/2011 the update we didnt want :(

[MSDeb]

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Be way careful she is not in the sun, that raw skin will burn way to easily.

 

[spish]

no sun here unfortunatly, does that big ball in the sky still exist??

no she'll be under a shelter in the garden so now wind, rain, dust, dirt extra can get to her , she can have a half hour scratch in the grass but nothing more (certainly now dust bathing!) i just want her to get a bit of exercise or surely her muscles will start wasting away?

 

[WriterofWords]

Yes that will happen to her muscles, it did to Show Off and it's a long road back. Show Off had a lot more and worse injuries so she had to be kept contained in the house in the cage I use for newly hatched chicks. I couldn't risk infection, pecking, her trying to take a dirt bath etc. She is getting her muscle back slowly but surely, I don't know if the feathers will come back on her back, but they are starting to around her chest area and on her legs around the bone deep wounds. As long as yours gets exercise she shouldn't loose too much.

 

[believer01]

Hey ladies - certain plants help grow feathers ... notably plantain. It's an easily recognizable yard "weed". I couldn't get any of mine to eat it during their molt, but have friends whose birds just devour any they can get! Lots of pics at google images. Also, chopped garlic cloves helps stave off infection and amazingly, they'll often eat it while sick and not when well (they have better sense than some of us!)

 

[Miss Lydia]

hey spish really good info from ibeier too, nice when medical people chime in on experience, glad to hear she is doing good considering what she went through..

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

jacuzzi bathtubs and showers are god ways to let her walk around. Maybe even check CL for a playpen she could be in for some free time.

 

[Monk422]

How's Holly? Update please.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'll join ya Monk was thinking about Holly too.

 

[Hennypen]

You should take her to a vet. My chicken got skinned by a donkey. (chunk of her back skin taken off) The vet put her under for about 10 minutes and then used a sterile gel pad they use on burn patients. You can buy it at the pharmacy but you need to ask the pharmacist for it and they may have to special order it.

You should get an injectible antibiotic as well. They also gave us pain meds that's taken orally.

With that bad of an injury, unless you have a vet working with you.... I don't think you have a chance.

 

[tgperg]

I don't know if someone's suggested it already, but Silvadene (silver sufadiazine) cream is awesome for protecting from infection and keeping a wound moisturized. It's often used in burn victims, but it should work here too.

Traci