someone please help grapic pic inside. how can i save these chicks what should i do

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Would someone please help tell me what I should do. Last night right before dark I checked my 6+ week old chicks and they were fine! i gave them food and water. No issues.

I slept late. today around noon I went into the coop to find three chicks picked horribly. The one that is the worse was perfect yesterday. Now she is a sad bloody mess. The skin itself looks torn in one spot and a round holeish looking spot where the ouside skin is missing. Not large but large enough. This makes me sad to say the least and I don't know what to do. Should I put some kind of medicine on it? Neosporin, or some kind of med from the feed store?

I'm sad to even post pics but I don't want her to die or get infected. I put the three that were pecked in a cage together. I hope the tree leaves each other alone!

Note* I assume its pecking

 

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A pic zoomed in

 

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It makes me very sad and almost sick to my stomach about the worse of the three.

The one that is the worse also has a small spot on one wing but not nearly as horrible as the back/butt area. the last pic is of the second chick that has been hurt. the third chick that is missing feathers isn't nearly as bad.

Inside the coop I put a wire cage and put the three chicks together in the cage.

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

 

[Malibu99]

Chickens will peck at any speck/spot.. including wounds. First of all, clean the wound with hydrogen peroxide, then some Iodine mixed with warm water (just enough iodine to make it look like tea).





*Edited for spelling error*

 

[Malibu99]

I did a google search just now. Furox spray works great. Leave the wound un-covered, so that any bacteria will die off.

 

[sumi]

I put over the counter antibiotic ointment on my chickens' wounds. Worked very well. Just check they don't go after each other's wounds. Chickens can't help themselves. If they see a wound they peck it.
Hope they get better soon!

 

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I'm running out to the feed store the only thing i have at home is neosporin. I separated the three that were being pecked the one looks like it hasn't clotted yet.

Should I just put something on them and let them back with the flock. I'm afraid that if i keep them separated for too long I'll have even more problems when I put them back together

 

[ChooksChick]

First, take each chick and make certain each wound is covered either in antibiotic ointment like Neosporin, or in an antibiotic spray, which you'll find in the first aid section of a super store or grocery store.

Use paper first aid tape to take a small piece of gauze over the worst wounds so they aren't picked open. Wrap the tape all the way round the body if you must. Don't worry about being fairly aggressive with the tape- your goal is to keep it on long enough for their skin to heal, and that will take a few days minimum. I have personally used duct tape when necessary, and I know others on here have done that, as well. Keep the three separated from the others for a bit until they are comfortable walking around in their new fashions, but if you can return them under some supervision once they're mobile, do so- it will decrease the attention they draw if they are returned to the flock sooner rather than later.

Next: check the coop for any holes of any kind- these wounds are really making me think: rodent. It's very common in some areas for mice and rats to attack that portion of the body on birds overnight. You may have to bring them inside for a bit while you address vulnerabilities in your coop and set up some traps. It may not be the case, but it's quite unusual for that form of damage to occur overnight on multiple birds. Hardware cloth over small holes and outside, flanged out away from the coop along the bottom (if it's on bare earth) should help.

I'm soooooo sorry!! I'm glad they made it, though!

 

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The coop is very old and i'm certain that a rodent could get in if they wanted to. I know of at least one area where a Rodent could get in. When doing a little bit of repairs before putting them out there I wasn't thinking of anything but keeping a fox out or something of that size. There are two cats outside that claimed my yard as their home. We have a couple buildings that they find makes a nice cat house. My neighbor that moved in a few months ago has around 5 cats that looks to be just under a year old. I would think that with that many outside no mouse or rat could survive. My neighbors cats are all outside all of the time. They seem to be at my house 1/2 the time.