What to give blinded chicken?

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This is my darling girl, Ambrosia. She's an Easter egger, about a year and two months old, and was blinded when our flock was attacked last Tuesday. We had seven left over from an attack left July, where the predator only got one, but this time it got three. It has tried digging into our coop, but we luckily have a plastic floor for them in the coop. Her sister was taken, and she's very nervous now. The other hens have been looking after her, but they're not used to being as gentle as she needs. I started out giving her water with a syringe, then got a small sauce cup that I can easily dip her head into. She's still struggling with foods, so I've been syringing her foods like banana, oatmeal, and yogurt. I need a few other soft foods to be able to give her, and that I can leave with the boy who's going to be taking care of her while I'm away. He knows how to do it, I've been training him, but I need something to give him to give her. I was thinking some kind of smoothie with stuff that's good for her. I've attached two pictures, one of each side Any suggestions?
 

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Sorry for your loss. The best thing to feed her would be chicken feed soaked in a bit of water to make it mushy, and cooked egg. Make it fresh a few times a day. I would hold a small tin or bowl bowl up to her beak and guide her to eat it herself by dipping her beak. Is she blind in both eyes? I would use a warm wet compress on her eyes for about 10 minutes to soften blood and clean her off. Try to apply Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment into the eye sockets twice a day.
 
This is my darling girl, Ambrosia. She's an Easter egger, about a year and two months old, and was blinded when our flock was attacked last Tuesday. We had seven left over from an attack left July, where the predator only got one, but this time it got three. It has tried digging into our coop, but we luckily have a plastic floor for them in the coop. Her sister was taken, and she's very nervous now. The other hens have been looking after her, but they're not used to being as gentle as she needs. I started out giving her water with a syringe, then got a small sauce cup that I can easily dip her head into. She's still struggling with foods, so I've been syringing her foods like banana, oatmeal, and yogurt. I need a few other soft foods to be able to give her, and that I can leave with the boy who's going to be taking care of her while I'm away. He knows how to do it, I've been training him, but I need something to give him to give her. I was thinking some kind of smoothie with stuff that's good for her. I've attached two pictures, one of each side Any suggestions?
I'm sorry to hear about Ambrosia and your losses.

I would follow the suggestions from @Eggcessive in Post#3

I to agree, that it would be a very good idea to actually clean the eyes really well, take a compress and work the eyes open. The eyes may be intact and they look worse because of swelling and trauma right now. 👇👇

Is she blind in both eyes? I would use a warm wet compress on her eyes for about 10 minutes to soften blood and clean her off. Try to apply Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment into the eye sockets twice a day.
 

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