Stepped on a baby chicken

[Maqui25]

Hi, so 2 days ago my mom stepped on one of her 1 week oldish chickens at night and it ruptured the skin near its butt and guts came out. In a panic she just pushed them in and bandaged it without washing them or anything, and held it in her hand all night half waiting for it to die.
It survived so in the morning we gave it amoxicillin and put Neosporin on the wound. Today it's looking ok, eats by itself, stand up, chirps a lot. So at this point we're just crossing our fingers.
Anyone have any suggestions? The wound doesn't look inflamed, what else should we be looking at? I'll be posting pics of the progress if it makes it.

 

[User690263]

Hi, so 2 days ago my mom stepped on one of her 1 week oldish chickens at night and it ruptured the skin near its butt and guts came out. In a panic she just pushed them in and bandaged it without washing them or anything, and held it in her hand all night half waiting for it to die.
It survived so in the morning we gave it amoxicillin and put Neosporin on the wound. Today it's looking ok, eats by itself, stand up, chirps a lot. So at this point we're just crossing our fingers.
Anyone have any suggestions? The wound doesn't look inflamed, what else should we be looking at? I'll be posting pics of the progress if it makes it.

Welcome to BYC!
Could you please share pictures of what it looks like currently?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I wouldn't of thought it would make it 5 mins. much less a day so she must of done something right. The use of antibiotics is a good idea. I think this will be a day to day thing. Is she pooping? Good luck with the little and tell mom don't feel bad. That's more common then you think. I dropped a rock on one of my guinea babys once. Killed it instantly.

 

[Maqui25]

Welcome to BYC!
Could you please share pictures of what it looks like currently?

Thanks! This is the night of:




And this is from this morning:

 

[Maqui25]

I wouldn't of thought it would make it 5 mins. much less a day so she must of done something right. The use of antibiotics is a good idea. I think this will be a day to day thing. Is she pooping? Good luck with the little and tell mom don't feel bad. That's more common then you think. I dropped a rock on one of my guinea babys once. Killed it instantly.

Thank you! She was feeling down but she's hopeful right now. They are very fragile, our dogs have accidentally stepped on a couple of them when playing and it was instant death
Yes she pooped a tiny white drop in the morning

 

[Granny Hatchet]

What are you feeding her? She needs chick starter and since she had had this food already she would also need some grit.

 

[Maqui25]

What are you feeding her? She needs chick starter and since she had had this food already she would also need some grit.

My mom feeds them what's on the picture, not quite sure what it is, looks like ground chicken food? She buys it like that in bulk. And the grit, is that a thing you have to give them regularly? Because she lived with mother hen and siblings until the accident (something woke them up and they scattered that's when my mom went outside to look) I thought mom taught them how to get it from the ground. Sorry I'm not of much help, I don't know about chickens I only toss them some mix once in a while

 

[Maqui25]

It's not looking good I'm afraid But she's also standing and eating and chirping a lot. How do you know if it's better to put them down?
(Also I just realized I might've posted in the wrong subforum, is this one about hand raising?)

 

[User690263]

It's not looking good I'm afraid But she's also standing and eating and chirping a lot. How do you know if it's better to put them down?
(Also I just realized I might've posted in the wrong subforum, is this one about hand raising?)
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I think that you should give her a bit more time, since she's still eating and standing and chirping. If she stops eating, or complications arise, then yes, you should put her down.

 

[User690263]

I just asked a mod to move it to the correct category.