unjured chicken - help?

[Chookydeb]

i've just noticed i've got an injured chicken, i first noticed because she was sitting down and had laid a half formed egg, when i picked her up i noticed she has a wound on her back, down to the bone but not too big, about the size of the end of my finger, it looks like a puncture wound, it had some feathers stuck in it so i've pulled them away and the wound looks clean and not too major

what do i do?

 

[Chookydeb]

****, cant spell for $hit when i'm stressed

 

[ninjagirl]

Flush it out good with saline or a betadine tea solution. Pat dry with something that won't leave fuzz stuck to wound and then apply ichthammol or some type of drawing salve or triple antibiotic ointment.

 

[Chookydeb]

thanks

would being attacked make her lay a wonky egg? she's got some discharge from her bum too

 

[kendalkid]

it's possible. I've had three badly injured chickens and and they all pulled through.. one had broken leg and all three had ripped skin. I put on neosporin and kept them in my room under lamp, lots of food and water and they are fine now.

 

[ninjagirl]

Anything's possible. Is the entire egg out? Might it have broken inside her when the attack occured?

 

[Chookydeb]

the egg is out, it was soft and leathery, no shell at all

i cleaned it out with saline, plucked out the fethers around the wound and dusted it some antibiotic powder, there seems to be a piece of skin missing about the size of a penny, what worried me though was when i picked her up again air whooshed out of the wound

 

[Chookydeb]

the wound is right in the middle of her back just below where the wings joint

 

[ninjagirl]

To be honest, it is amazing how quickly chickens recover. My brother still has a RSL that suffered a dog attack 2 years ago. Flushed out a 4 inch gash under her wing and smeared it with honey because that is all he had at his place and she is fine now. Actually laid an egg a few days later. Keep it clean and she should be ok.

 

[Chookydeb]

ok, i'll quit stressing, what will be will be i guess - she's tucked up in a corner of the coop and she seems alert but she's not eating, i'll just leave her in peace