What did your chickens do today?

Yesterday I found my little 12 week Wyandotte severely injured. Really bad. To the point I could see throbbing meat on back left side. I cleaned it up, applied red kote and gave shot of Tulane. Kept her in the house. This morning I sprayed red kote and another shot. Now she's not wanting to stand where as yesterday she was still flying to our shoulders
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is there anything else I can do to help? She was such a sweet loving girl. Never seen a chicken that loved to cuddle as much as her! Don't want to lose her
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I don't know what you can do but just wanted to say I know how you feel!
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Keep it clean, let it scab over and it may heal itself nicely. Takes some time. How did she get hurt? Is her leg affected, broken? (Because she doesn't stand.)

Update on Greenie: Greenie is being obnoxious! Guess that means she is better, after her ordeal. I've taken her into the coop, let her set there awhile (by herself, with the door closed so Roo and the others can't get in) Also have placed her down on the ground in the run w/ Roo in the coop so he can't get out. The other hens came after her and tried to peck. She cowered and I chased them off. She still doesn't like to come to me, but kept me in her line of sight while in the run. I really don't think she'll be able to go back in there at all. Don't know if she'll ever be very friendly, either.
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Guess she knows I'm her protection, but is feeling like she can fend for herself more and more. When she was standing on top of the feeding shelter today, she would run to the other end of it (4' long) when I tried to pick her up.

She's getting stronger, though. Harder to catch when I let her out. Today, I forgot to put the "roof" back on her little house and she flew to the top - never did that before, or even tried. I tucked her back in with some loose dirt and last I looked, she was taking a nice cool dirt bath! Her scab is gone from her head and it looks like a few feathers are growing back. I just don't know where to put her - she really can't stay in her little house for ever - and we're not set up for 2 coops and 2 runs. I think she'll get cold this winter w/o the heat of the other chickens at night. Any suggestions? Might have to find her a new home...
Even if Roo fries, the other hens don't want her in there either. They may do the same thing he did.
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Yesterday I found my little 12 week Wyandotte severely injured. Really bad. To the point I could see throbbing meat on back left side. I cleaned it up, applied red kote and gave shot of Tulane. Kept her in the house. This morning I sprayed red kote and another shot. Now she's not wanting to stand where as yesterday she was still flying to our shoulders
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is there anything else I can do to help? She was such a sweet loving girl. Never seen a chicken that loved to cuddle as much as her! Don't want to lose her
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What do you think about taking this to the Emergencies section & see if anyone there has any suggestions or can help? There are a lot of experienced voices on here & hopefully someone can help you treat her. We all know that sick feeling when one of the "kids" gets sick or has a problem!
 
They ate and slept and pooped and had to endure the barking of my neighbors 6 small dogs that have not stopped barking since they let them out at 5:30am and it's 7:56pm now...ughhhhhh...
 
I don't know what you can do but just wanted to say I know how you feel!
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Keep it clean, let it scab over and it may heal itself nicely. Takes some time. How did she get hurt? Is her leg affected, broken? (Because she doesn't stand.)

Update on Greenie: Greenie is being obnoxious! Guess that means she is better, after her ordeal. I've taken her into the coop, let her set there awhile (by herself, with the door closed so Roo and the others can't get in) Also have placed her down on the ground in the run w/ Roo in the coop so he can't get out. The other hens came after her and tried to peck. She cowered and I chased them off. She still doesn't like to come to me, but kept me in her line of sight while in the run. I really don't think she'll be able to go back in there at all. Don't know if she'll ever be very friendly, either.
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Guess she knows I'm her protection, but is feeling like she can fend for herself more and more. When she was standing on top of the feeding shelter today, she would run to the other end of it (4' long) when I tried to pick her up.

She's getting stronger, though. Harder to catch when I let her out. Today, I forgot to put the "roof" back on her little house and she flew to the top - never did that before, or even tried. I tucked her back in with some loose dirt and last I looked, she was taking a nice cool dirt bath! Her scab is gone from her head and it looks like a few feathers are growing back. I just don't know where to put her - she really can't stay in her little house for ever - and we're not set up for 2 coops and 2 runs. I think she'll get cold this winter w/o the heat of the other chickens at night. Any suggestions? Might have to find her a new home...
Even if Roo fries, the other hens don't want her in there either. They may do the same thing he did.
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My Madonna sleeps in a big dog house in an enclosure...alone...she stays warm. I put horse blankets on the top of the dog house if it gets really cold, but she's very toasty. I hope she gets better. I put tarps on the roofing area to keep out the rain. We don't have severe weather though. Rarely snow, can have heavy rain, but subsides soon. Best wishes...
 
My chickens are turning into ducks it been raining for weeks and can find a good place in the yard for them they want to come out so bad.. Poor birdies
 

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