Urgent! Please help! Graphic pics...

[dsqard]

Good idea about keeping her in to keep the flies off. Probably want to do that unti it has at least a good thick scab over the wound. Good luck with her!

 

[TiaView]

I had the same thing happen to one of my young Roo's. The dog got him in almost exactly the same place as your Red. I kept him warm and in a small cage on his own with food and water...he made a FULL recovery!

He was rough for a day or two, but I made a paste out of the chick food and pedialyte (sp?). Keep her drinking!!!

 

[BWKatz]

You' are doing all the right things obviously. She's getting better. I would try to get it stiched up if possible. Keep up the good work. Healing blessings

 

[Slater1995]

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I have had to doctor several of my birds from all kind of injuries.

For a puncture wound especially from a dog you need to get her on antiobiotics right away. You can use the duramycian in the water, but I would also give her penicillian either in shot form if you have it or in pill form.

Clean the wound really well with either saline water or diluted peroxide. once you have it clean fill it up with antiobiotic ointment. I have been told not to use the kind with pain relief in it, but that is all I have so that is what I use.

If you can close the wound up with some butterfly bandaids or super glue or both that is great. Some people like to try and stich it but unless you have the stiches that will disolve this can cause issues. Put some blue kote on it after it dries and keep her warm and dry and in the dark. If she picks at it cover it with a non stick gauze pad and wrap her in vetwrap but don't cover her wings. It will take several days to start to heal up. If you can't close it up, don't worry, it will heal form the inside out which is best. Watch her close for infection and listen to her breathing. You should not hear any wheezing. If you do she most likely has a punctured lung and you will need a vet or she will need to be put down.

PS. You might see some greenish looking skin. The fist time I saw this, I thought it was an infection but I later learned that chickens have brusies that can look like this. So try to to worry to much.

Pay attention to her waddles and comb. They should stay red. If they get pale or turn white that is a sign that she is not doing well.

You can PM me if you need more help.

Good luck.

Teresa

 

[rungirl]

There is some stuff they sell at Petland for dogs for fly strikes on their ears. I've used it on open wounds on chickens to repel flies. You don't want maggots to get started. It worked well and allowed it to heal.

 

[Ligeda]

So sorry to hear about your girl. I have horses and love love love electric fence. So when we built our coop we put an electric wire about 7 inches off the ground all the way around the outside of the coop. It kept our girls safe for a long time. Then one day my husband used the extension cord inside the garage and forgot to plug the wire back in. The dogs next door got into our yard and into the coop and killed his favourite hen.

Well, of course we plugged it back in immediately and as dogs are they came back the next night like clockwork. We heard the dogs barking at the chickens and before we could make it out the back door the dogs had both yelped in horror and were already making their way back over our fence and into their own yard

When our friends have come to stay with us and bring their dogs we don't worry a bit. They hit the wire and never go near those electric chickens again.

 

[Lorije1]

Now that I am looking from home I can see the photo. At this point my vote would be it is too deep for sugardine or honey right now. So you are right to keep it packed full of antibiotic ointment (remember no pain relievers - particularly "caine" ones). It will be important to make sure she gets plenty of calories / protein so her body can heal - yogurt, eggs, cottage cheese, berries (to tempt her to eat more). You can continue to put gatorade or pedialyte in her water as long as she will drink it, but it is more important that she stay hydrated so just give plain water if that is all she will drink.

You're doing great!

 

[Tenderft chick]

I just had this happen last month. A neighbor's rat terrier got loose and killed one of my chicks and attacked and ripped open one of my hens in the but. She had a hole about the size of a silver dollar. No vets in area to treat.

We clipped off all the feathers to keep them out of the wound. Cleansed the wound with Nolvasan that I had from my vet but have seen at Fleet Farm Supply. Then after cleansing I didn't have any antibiotics so I used Watkins Petro Carbo salve which was originally used on farm stock for cuts and open wounds including fly bites. Did this daily. We also brought her in the house and kept in a small dog crate with a towel to keep her from getting bumble foot. Gave her lots of talking to and special treats. Put electorlytes in her water. Found out she loves grapes so we gave her those as she would eat them right up. Worked for vet in the past and on large wounds like that they prefer they not get scabbed over, as they usually need to drain to keep infection out. She healed up nicely in less than 2 weeks and was back out with her buddy and the other hen.

The only problem that I have now is she is losing weight, which might be caused by the stress and lowered immunity opened her up to maybe getting worms, so we dewormed the crew today. If you can I would recommend also recommend getting some antibiotics if you can.

Hang in there. The first couple days are tough.

 

[hallerlake]

I rescued my little red hen from a bald eagle a couple of weeks ago. I kept her in the house for several days.
I washed the wound a couple of times a day with iodine solution until I could get some blu-kote. After a few days, I put her outside during the day in a dog crate, so she could be near her flock, but they couldn't peck at her. She ate a lot better when she was near the others. After a week, she was so much better I put her back in with the others. She's doing great.

 

[TrystInn]

You can get poultry Penicillin at the local feedstore and a syringe. Get a large bore needle, as Penicillin is a very thick oily liquid. You'll need to give the shot closer to the heart (so the blood vessels carry it to the wound) so further up the back closer to the head. 1 cc should be fine, you can give one shot per day for three days. Keep an eye on her, make sure she's eating and drinking - if not force feed her.

And during this time, consider additional security for your chicken pen. Electric wire works particularly well with dogs.