Stinking dogs are at it again

Hi there,

I could really use some advice and quick!!! It looks like when we closed up the coop for the night the gate was not latched all the way. When I came home from work I noticed the gate open and my Barred Rock starring at me with a shocked look on her tiny face. I had a very erie feeling sort of like I was standing in the middle of a deserted ghost town with the wind howling and creepy music playing. One of my dogs killed two of my Silkies not too long ago so I quickly did a head count and everyone was there.

However, my Cochin has two, 1 inch lacerations on the side of her neck cutting through all of the layers of skin. They are pretty even tears so I think this might be manageable.

My favorite Brahma, Gertrude, has the entire length of the back of her neck completely degloved. This is what I am most worried about. I called my vet to see if there was any old farm trick they might be able to recommend. Of course, living smack in the middle of Southern California, I was told to rush her to emergency right away. I thougth about that and then thought about the hundreds if not a thousand or more dollars a trip to the E clinic would cost. I love Gertie but......

Both are stable but quite. They are eating and drinking but in small amounts. Gertie is painfull particularly when she tries to peck or shake her tomatoes or squashinto small pieces. I just got back from the feed store with Vectricin spray and bandages, etc. to keep the flies off her. I also picked up some supplies to fix the lacerations. I don't care what she looks like in the end but if we can at least get some scar tissue over it I would be happy. I think that's going to be the best we can hope for.

Does anyone have any other advice on things that I can do to help them along? I would really appreciate it. I did buy some spray to help with pain and we have an additional lock on the gate now for extra assurance this does not happen again.

Thanks,

Barreds and Tards Ranch

 

Thanks so much. I found some glue for the skin for the Cochin. I too was concerned about trapping in the germs. After putting on the fixins it seems that the Cochin is a bit more relieved but the Brahma...not so much. I've put some pain killing rinse on it so hopefully that will start kicking in. Thanks for the input. It is one of my Aussies that I believe is doing the damage. I'm finding that three Aussies and a small grip of chickens is a lot of work. Rookie chicken enthusiast

Don't think the paint ball gun hasn't crossed my mind and I would call the pound but I work for there. Thanks again and please let me know if you think of anything. I'm really going to bummed if Gertie doesn't make it. We may be making that trip to the vet after all.

 

Thank you all so much for the kind and quick advice. I'm sorry to hear of the other poster whose dog got in the coop. I'm very sorry to hear that. I always hoped I could trust the dogs but it's just a bad combo.