Weak Pullet Unable to Stand Up. Previously Bleeding.

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

Hello everyone.
I just found my young bearded silkie x polish bantam pullet lying sideways on the coop floor. She was so stiff when I picked her up, but was still alive.
She has control of her body, but she just seems so weak that she can't hold herself up. She was bleeding from the nose and shaking, but both stopped when I brought her inside. Her head has a bald patch and it looks like somebody picked her feathers out.
Like I mentioned, she is now inside. She's lying upright on an old towel in a laundry basket. Since she's a bantam there's plenty of room. I put food and water right in front of her and after about 10 minutes she started eating with vigor. Now she's eating off and on and seems to be improving quickly. She even made some normal chicken noises when I checked on her. Before she wouldn't even lift her head, now she's moving her head constantly. She even moved her body a bit.
I wonder if she go too cold and that's what caused it. She is younger, and her breed isn't particularly cold hardy, but it was also pretty warm today (around -7/10°C or 14°F). But, thinking of it now, it has been very chilly these past few nights (-30°C/-22°F).
What do you guys think?

UPDATE: She stood up for a very seconds!!!!

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

Here she is now. She looks way better than before.

 

[Anon112]

Hard to know if she had a seizure (or something of the sort) and was attacked, or if she was attacked and went into shock.

I would be VERY cautious reintegrating her into the flock. You might want to keep her in for at least another day or two for observation.

Do you have a dog crate or something where she can be in the run where the others can see her, but she is safe from them?

 

[Anon112]

I would suggest treating for shock: sugar water, maybe some mash and/or a scrambled egg. Keep her safe and warm (obviously just being inside is sufficient on this front).

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

I would suggest treating for shock: sugar water, maybe some mash and/or a scrambled egg. Keep her safe and warm (obviously just being inside is sufficient on this front).

Thank you! I will definitely do my best.

 

[MarlaMac]

That she ate "with vigor" almost immediately makes me think that she is being kept from the food. The head looks like a pecking injury rather than just feather picking. The blood coming from the nose was probably from the head injury that ran down.

I would, like Anon112 stated, be very cautious putting her back out with the others. A crate is a good idea so that she is not completely rejected when you decide to reintegrate her. I would only reintroduce her to the flock when you can be there to watch the interaction closely.

Other things to consider.

How many chickens do you have?

How much room in your coop and run?

Are there things laying around the run/coop that she can hide under/behind, etc to get away from any/all bullies?

How many feeding/water stations do you have? Are they out of line of sight from each other?

Unfortunately, chickens can be brutal to each other. When one is at the bottom of the totem pole they need to be able to scramble and get away from the others. There needs to be enough feeding/water stations that they cannot all be "protected" by the bully at the same time.

As for the wound. I would clean it with a mild cleaner (deluded betadine or clorhexidine) and then keep it moist with triple antibiotic ointment (or what ever is available to you up in Canada) until it heals properly. I would do this twice a day.

If you do put her out with the others, put something on her to hide the red while the injury heals. Blukote if you can get it, if not, try to dye the area with a blue food coloring. Chickens will go after the red viciously.

Get her on her regular feed as soon as you can. As was mentioned, wetting the food and making a mash usually is very appealing to chickens. If she won't eat that, then try things like eggs, etc. Is that scratch you have in front of her? Scratch won't provide for her dietary needs. She needs the vitamins/protein/etc in her regular feed to get her back to her normal activity range.

If she is still wobbly in the morning, I would give her some human grade vit b complex along with a vit e for a couple of days. The whole vit e gel capsule and 1/3 of the vit b complex.

Good luck and I hope she does well.