Two of my girls dead and one hurt badly

[Eggcessive]

The Epsom salts water should not hurt her, but you can also use the mild salt water 2 tsp per gallon of warm water. Soaking can moisten the black scab tissue, so that you can clean it off. Keep it moist with ointment constantly to keep the scab soft.

 

[jenlear]

So sorry to hear, I have no experience in bird wounds but in case this helps, in the past I’ve sprinkled ghost pepper powder on my birds and around their coop for predators HATE spicy things and the birds don’t mind. It seems to have done the trick for I haven’t seen a predator in a WHILE. To help my birds I also give them tea with different herbs such as roobios. It helps kill pain. I hope this helps!

Good idea!

 

[lilofthestars]

Good idea!

Thank you I’m a big believer of herbs. I know they help. Thank you for that idea.

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how she is doing from time to time.

 

[lilofthestars]

Let us know how she is doing from time to time.

Well It’s been a week now and this morning. She actually made a loud noise and started Making loud noise so I ran out there just to make sure she was OK. She was fine. She has been eating much better. Her back seems to look good her chest wounds look black. The vet said it looks good. It’s healing well for a week.

 

[lilofthestars]

She is eating much much better now. The wounds are taking their time healing, but I know she feels better cause she’s eating better thank everybody for all your advice.

 

[MROO]

It sounds like you're doing the right thing - not just by following the great advice here, but by keeping her calm and quiet. You may want to add a multivitamin to her feed and some electrolytes (Chick Saver, Pedialyte, Gatorade, etc.) to her water, just to give her system a boost. If she's having trouble eating, you can moisten her feed a little by adding some of the electrolytes to it, too.
Stick with her ... you'll be amazed at the strength and tenacity of these little birds. It's really not surprising, when you think about it ... after all, they DID start out as dinosaurs!

 

[lilofthestars]

It sounds like you're doing the right thing - not just by following the great advice here, but by keeping her calm and quiet. You may want to add a multivitamin to her feed and some electrolytes (Chick Saver, Pedialyte, Gatorade, etc.) to her water, just to give her system a boost. If she's having trouble eating, you can moisten her feed a little by adding some of the electrolytes to it, too.
Stick with her ... you'll be amazed at the strength and tenacity of these little birds. It's really not surprising, when you think about it ... after all, they DID start out as dinosaurs!

Thank you That was cute about the dinosaurs made me smile lol

 

[lilofthestars]

How long should I wait to buy another hen so she will have company. I know she’s gotta be bored, but she is healing. We bought this On sale at Rural King because it’s just her and she needs to be safe and dry close to the house. There’s a roof over that too but my husband’s gonna build a larger one of course to me this is kind of small. Oh, I lock it but I’m also putting in brakes on it because I don’t want that raccoon coming back after her

 

[Eggcessive]

I would place a mirror close to her to see herself. Then let her wounds heal before placing another pullet with her. You can look for 1 or 2 now, and keep them side by side in crates so she can see them. But they need to be similar in size. It is good to quarantine any started new birds for 30 days to watch for signs of illness, and check for parasites.