Two dogs attached yesterday and got half my flock, 15 of my girls. We had to cull 4 of them. My rooster is injured but lasted the night. his comb is turning blackish, he is limping, and had an open wound on his back. However, he is still with the remaining flock and he did eat and drink, but he just wants to hang out in the chicken coop. What can we do to help the wound??????? Gina [email protected]
How bad is his injuries? I wouldn't keep him with the rest of your chickens if he has open wounds. The others will likely start pecking him and cause more injuries and could kill him. I will leave it to others to give advice on the care of his wounds. I hope this helped you some
Like the other poster said don't leave him the the flock, wash his wounds with saline or iodine mixed with water then put neosporin or something simular on it and give him plenty of TLC. Nice place by himself till he's all healed
Don't worry to much. Eating and drinking is a good sign. you should seperate him from the others, he's sure to die if hes outdoors with those injuries. bring him inside or in the garage atleast in a dog crate/small cage. Are his wounds deep? Try and bandage him up if you can. Wash his wounds out (no proxide) then doctor his wounds with neosporin, and give him things like scrambled eggs. Good luck and keep us updated Becca
Thank you all for your fast response and sorry for my slow one. I moved him into our large dog cage where he is resting peacefully in a nice warm room. his wounds don't appear to be deep so I think he managed to get away while the dogs tore into easier prey. we cleaned his wounds and they seem to be healing well. going to watching him to see how he does. thanks again for all your help. Gina
Good to hear your roo is feeling better, now you need to keep him in a cooler room so when you put him back out with the rest he doesn't get sick from going from warm to cold. In other words acclimate him slowly back into the outside.
you might get some 'newskin' to put on the wounds- it is in the pharmacy section, you wipe it on and it seals the wound with antibiotics, and stays long enough for the wound to heal some- used it on a neck injury of one of my pullets and did the trick- keep us posted!
I use blue cote on most everything. I have had pretty good luck with it. Just be warned if it gets on your skin you will be purple and people will look at you funny.
