Warning graphic my chicken got attacked by hawks 😭😡

[TheOddOneOut]

Make up your mind. If you want it to live, clean its wounds. It can live. Those really are not bad wounds. I'm not sure what the purpose of your dawdling is.
If you want it to die, please just put it out of its misery so it doesn't spend hours or days slowly dying.
I understand you are struggling but your bird needs help.

 

[tessathecheese]

Clean wounds with a saline solution. Use an antimicrobial spray, such as vetericyn after.
Put the chicken in a large dog crate, or some other box inside your house or garage. Make sure it is in a safe, dark, quiet place. Offer it water with electrolytes. Do not force it to drink, as you can easily drown a chicken. If it will eat, which it most likely won't for awhile, let it eat. Offer mash (mushy wet chicken feed all smashed up) and scrambled eggs.

 

[tessathecheese]

Jeez. Make up your mind. If you want it to live, clean its wounds. It can live. Those really are not bad wounds. I'm not sure what the purpose of your dawdling is.
If you want it to die, please just put it out of its misery so it doesn't spend hours or days slowly dying.

This person is clearly upset and dealing with the shock of the situation. They also sound like they're younger, considering they mentioned their parents. They're trying to seek help and advice. Maybe give some.

 

[Weeg]

The first thing you need to do it CATCH it and treat for shock. I understand that this is upsetting, try to calm down. She can survive this, you just need to get her caught and setup for recovery.
Once you catch her, put her in a dog crate with puppy pads inside your house so ou can monitor her. Offer her sugar and electrolyte water, and keep her environment calm and relaxed.
Once she's recovered from shock, flush her wounds with the solutions mentioned above. Then cover in a thick layer of Neosporin without pain relief. Flush daily, and reapply Neosporin. Clip any feathers out of the way of the wound.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

This person is clearly upset and dealing with the shock of the situation. They also sound like they're younger, considering they mentioned their parents. They're trying to seek help and advice. Maybe give some.

I think some good advice has been given by other members.

The first thing you need to do it CATCH it and treat for shock. If you don't catch her she will die. Place her in a dog crate away from the outdoors. Offer her sugar and electrolyte water, and keep her environment calm and relaxed.
Once she's recovered from shock, flush her wounds with the solutions mentioned above. Then cover in a thick layer of Neosporin without pain relief. Flush daily, and reapply Neosporin. Clip any feathers out of the way of the wound.

 

[azygous]

You came to this site to learn how to care for a wounded chicken. You have three choices, Grasshopper. Do nothing and your Silkie will die. The second choice is to euthanize and end her suffering. The third is to treat the wounds and treat for shock and maybe the hen will survive and be with you for more years.

If you choose to treat, this is how:

1. Treat for shock as the number one step. Give warm Gatoraid or mix a half teaspoon of sugar into a fourth of a cup of warm water with a pinch of salt and baking soda. Have the patient drink it all or syringe it into the beak.

2. Flush the wound well with saline. This is better than soap and water as it maintains the PH of the tissues. But warm soap and water will do. You need to wash away the bacteria from the wound.

3. Inspect the wound carefully. If it has a skin flap dangling, keep that. Do not cut it off. Look for bite, tear or puncture marks indicating a puncture wound. If you see this, the patient will need an oral antibiotic such as amoxicillin. Bacteria from the predator’s mouth can be injected deep into tissue and can kill in as little as 24 to 48 hours. You can order this https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/250mg once a day for ten days. Or you may be able to find this or something similar at TSC or a pet store.

4. Spray with Vetericyn wound treament and let dry. Use a topical antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin or a generic without pain killer in it to coat the wound. If there's a skin flap, lay it across the wound that has just been coated with the ointment. Then smooth on a generous amount over the top of the skin flap to hold it in place.

5. It's useless to try to stitch a wound on a chicken. Don't even try. It's also useless to try to bandage a wound other than on the feet. The chicken will not tolerate it. It will be pulled off faster than you can blink an eye.

6. Clean the wound every day following the above steps. Keep the wound covered with the ointment. Never allow the wound to get dried out or it will not heal.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Very good advice is given here to help the chicken recover!
While it is always shocking to see an injury, blood, missing feathers & eye, or even compound fractures with bones sticking out, you'd be surprised at who might bounce back, heal & have a wonderful life going forward.
I've tended to birds that survived hawk attacks. Some injuries seem minor, you think they'll make it, but then they pass on, and others you think it would be a miracle if they survived, can possibly go on to heal, so you'll never know unless you do your best to assist & give it a chance.
You can do wonders with a few dollar store items...a box, sterile saline solution & Neosporin (Not with the pain relief, just the antibiotic salve). Provide a quiet, safe area, fresh water, scrambled eggs, chickweed or greens & cantaloupe. When I was a child I would set up a sick critter in a Box, in my bedroom. Now as an adult, I have a spare bathroom, the bathtub actually makes an excellent "hospital" space.

As a child, I was quite squeamish at the sight of blood. But my love for animals and desire to help outweighed my squeamishness. I never would have believed I could do it, but I have learned to do quite a bit, out of necessity. I learned how to give injections, even learned how to do stitches & wrap broken legs.
There are numerous YouTube videos these days that can be very helpful, if you cannot find someone else to talk you through or help.
Just do the best you can, you'll feel better knowing that at least you've tried, regardless of the outcome.
Best of luck to you!

 

[LilRedmamma]

I know this is devastating for you! Imagining the hen's pain, if you can, wash it off (unless by the time you read this it's past away) and if only an eye is gone, it may live just fine. However, if you believe it's too injured, kindly do the pet owner thing and put her out of its misery... hung upside down, a very sharp knife will slit its throat painlessly. I would be sobbing now but then if she died, you needn't do the deed. Is it a possibility she can be processed for a nice meal?

Please don't think me coldhearted, merely I try to make a delicious omelet from a rotten egg; predator birds are opportunistic. I found one of my layers dead on the perch yesterday morning. So I had to butcher her before I did anything else. I had to find out why... teary eyed, I proceeded plucking, and cut into her-- never butchered a 'pet' before. But, I've butchered a few wild turkeys I killed- it's very same. Anyway, I roasted the chicken for last night's dinner, pleasantly surprised the meat is slightly sweet compared to store bought! Evidently, she had a heart attack or yolk disease. Lesson learned. Hugs

 

[ChuckenWing]

Maybe you should put the poor thing out of it's misery.

No I want it to live but I don’t know how it will heal it’s still alive

 

[ChuckenWing]

It’s still alive But I don’t want to lose chickens I’ve lost so much