UPDATE: HELP ME!! HAWK ATTACK SURVIVOR!! PLEASE HELP!!

[crunchygranola]

It’s now the third morning. She’s not drinking as much, but her food is pretty soaked. I’ve been giving her soaked scrambled eggs as well. She’s alert and chirping now. Is she out of shock? How can I tell when she’s out of shock?
Should I stop with the electrolytes in the water or keeping going with them?
Also, is there a specific brand of vitamin B complex I should get?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It’s now the third morning. She’s not drinking as much, but her food is pretty soaked. I’ve been giving her soaked scrambled eggs as well. She’s alert and chirping now. Is she out of shock? How can I tell when she’s out of shock?
Should I stop with the electrolytes in the water or keeping going with them?
Also, is there a specific brand of vitamin B complex I should get?

If she's eating she's not in shock. A shocky bird is like in a trance, almost non-responsive. She's fine. Give her plain water.
Vitamin B is Vitamin B. It's a liquid oil inside a gel cap. Just pop it in her beak, she'll swallow it.

 

[Eggcessive]

I usually get human B complex tablets around $9 at Walmart, and use 1/2 tablet daily. Crush it into a bit of water or food. Or you can buy cattle B complex at a feed store, and it is injectable, but can be given with a syringe. Dosage I think is 1/2 ml orally. You can stop the electrolytes if she is eating and drinking.

 

[FunClucks]

Human B50 or B100 or any other B complex works. Crush or break the tablet small enough she can swallow. Any extra will be secreted in her droppings, so she can't overdose.

Also, I've had chickens with gaping skin wounds before - your girls' initial wound pictures look moderate. Sounds like she didn't have internal damage and was previously in good health, so she should heal up just fine. Glad you caught her in time!

 

[crunchygranola]

If she's eating she's not in shock. A shocky bird is like in a trance, almost non-responsive. She's fine. Give her plain water.
Vitamin B is Vitamin B. It's a liquid oil inside a gel cap. Just pop it in her beak, she'll swallow it.

Sounds good. Thank you.

 

[crunchygranola]

Human B50 or B100 or any other B complex works. Crush or break the tablet small enough she can swallow. Any extra will be secreted in her droppings, so she can't overdose.

Also, I've had chickens with gaping skin wounds before - your girls' initial wound pictures look moderate. Sounds like she didn't have internal damage and was previously in good health, so she should heal up just fine. Glad you caught her in time!

Thanks so much. Super helpful!

Yes, me too.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Is she out of shock? How can I tell when she’s out of shock?

Sorry, I was not getting notifications for this so I did not see the rest of the updates. I hope she gets even better and gets to full health soon!

A chicken in shock is not responsive and for the most part, does not move at all. An example is when I caught one of my cockerel's over-breeding my pullet, chasing her around and not stopping. It had apparently been going on for minutes before I saw it and the pullet was exhausted. She got pulled one last time on her neck and then went into shock－collapsed on her side with her head twisted, looking up at the sky, and her eyes blank like she was dead. That is what one form of shock looks like. It took a bit for her to get out of it and she was still unstable. And do not worry, that cockerel will never go back to that pen. He is really sweet to humans, just not to female chickens－I am already attached to him even though I hate what he did to the pullets, but yes he is never going back with females.

 

[crunchygranola]

That would explain abl

Sorry, I was not getting notifications for this so I did not see the rest of the updates. I hope she gets even better and gets to full health soon!

A chicken in shock is not responsive and for the most part, does not move at all. An example is when I caught one of my cockerel's over-breeding my pullet, chasing her around and not stopping. It had apparently been going on for minutes before I saw it and the pullet was exhausted. She got pulled one last time on her neck and then went into shock－collapsed on her side with her head twisted, looking up at the sky, and her eyes blank like she was dead. That is what one form of shock looks like. It took a bit for her to get out of it and she was still unstable. And do not worry, that cockerel will never go back to that pen. He is really sweet to humans, just not to female chickens－I am already attached to him even though I hate what he did to the pullets, but yes he is never going back with females.

That would explain why my chicken seemed to be so “calm” those first two nights. Now, she’s kicking and back up.

 

[crunchygranola]

How can I get her to stay down and rest? She’s so anxious to get her legs stretched and she just stands now. She rushes to the kennel’s edge when I come by, chirping. I sit down and give her some pets for a while and she simmers down and rests. How can I get her to stay down?

 

[Eggcessive]

I think she is okay standing. Many chickens stand on the roost at night. L She will lie down if she needs to. Maybe she is missing the flock. Could you bring in a docile visitor that she could see up close? The other option would be to bring her out in her crate to visit the others. That can help with her reintegration back into the flock if she visits them daily for short periods.