Something poking out of skin after dog attack...

[ecwetzel]

We had a chicken that got attacked by our neighbor's dog today. The dog didn't do too much damage, he just bit her in her rump. We cleaned her with an antimicrobial wash and put some neosporin on the bites.

On her rump, she has a patch with missing feathers and a couple of small wounds. She also has this fleshy, conical thing sticking out at the very tip of her rump where her tail feathers would start. It's sticks out about a cm and there is no blood around the fleshy thing. My husband thinks this is from that attack and is worried, but I don't see how it is since there is no blood around it.

Given that this is our first time with chickens and have not defeathered a chicken, can someone tell me is this is normal anatomy or something we need to address?

 

[pennyJo1960]

We had a chicken that got attacked by our neighbor's dog today. The dog didn't do too much damage, he just bit her in her rump. We cleaned her with an antimicrobial wash and put some neosporin on the bites.

On her rump, she has a patch with missing feathers and a couple of small wounds. She also has this fleshy, conical thing sticking out at the very tip of her rump where her tail feathers would start. It's sticks out about a cm and there is no blood around the fleshy thing. My husband thinks this is from that attack and is worried, but I don't see how it is since there is no blood around it.

Given that this is our first time with chickens and have not defeathered a chicken, can someone tell me is this is normal anatomy or something we need to address?

The tiny thing may be where her tail feathers belong
are you able to post a photo and keep her separate from the
other hens

 

[FridayYet]

You may be seeing the oil gland at the base of the tail.

 

[ecwetzel]

The tiny thing may be where her tail feathers belong
are you able to post a photo and keep her separate from the
other hens

How important is it to separate her? We don't really have any other place to put her.

 

[mikeldb]

As long as the other birds don't start pecking her wounded area I wouldn't worry too much about seperating her,that's the biggest reason to isolate

 

[FridayYet]

As long as the other birds don't start pecking her wounded area I wouldn't worry too much about seperating her,that's the biggest reason to isolate

X2.

 

[pennyJo1960]

How important is it to separate her? We don't really have any other place to put her.

if you could tolerate keep her in your bathroom or if you have a dog crate?
I have a cheap plastic wading pool with chicken wire held up by a center T
we drilled holes in the top lip and zip tied it down... this is if you notice the others
picking on her that is important if they do