Wife’s chicken was attacked by neighbors dog!?!?

[Brantd]

So our bantam hen who is my wife’s dearest pet was attacked by our neighbors greyhound, on her rear it looks like it ripped open near the anus and when she is breathing something is pulsating ? Any ideas ? We called the vet and he said IF she makes it through the night he would try to stitch her up .. we cleaned and sprayed with wound kote.. have a video of it pulsating but can’t attach it ?

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC, and sorry about your chicken. I would try to use something like Vetericyn instead of the wound coat, because it makes everything hard to see. I don’t know what the pulsating is, but chickens have air sacs throughout the body. Their vents also pulsate some.

Is she alert or able to stand? Is she struggling to breathe? Will she drink some water? If you download your video to YouTube or Vimeo, then post a link here.

 

[Brantd]

Yes she is drinking water and can stand , seems alert as well. Let me see if I can get the video downloaded !

 

[Brantd]

I did post video to the backyard chickens Facebook page

 

[Eggcessive]

I can’t get that.

 

[suburbanchickies]

So our bantam hen who is my wife’s dearest pet was attacked by our neighbors greyhound, on her rear it looks like it ripped open near the anus and when she is breathing something is pulsating ? Any ideas ? We called the vet and he said IF she makes it through the night he would try to stitch her up .. we cleaned and sprayed with wound kote.. have a video of it pulsating but can’t attach it ?

If she makes it through the night, I recommend doing what the vet says about stitching her up. After that, I would put Neosporin on it and, if it still looks bad, get penicillin to keep off infection. You can get injectable penicillin from places like Southern States or Tractor Supply. There's a lot of information online about how to give chickens penicillin. Only do that if she looks bad after the vet helps with her. Good luck! I hope she's okay.

 

[Brantd]

Unfortunately there is nothing there to work with to stitch up the stupid dog literally ripped off the chunk of skin , we are cleaning a few times a day she is still alert , eating and drinking , can they regenerate new skin over a wound like this ?

 

[RhodeIslandRedBreeder]

Yeah she won’t lay eggs very much though

 

[sunrise.superman]

Yes, it's called healing by second intention...when first intention would of course be sutures and restoring the structure of things.

Trim feathers from the area, to just past the edge of the wound. It will heal better if there are no feathers inside the wound margins. Silvidene cream works well to help healing while keeping the wound moist and supple. If she'll let you, without panicking, you can do warm/tepid water hydrotherapy with a little sprayer of the kitchen sink. The streams of water encourage blood flow and healing. If not, then just quick warm soaks to keep things clean and reapply Silvidene cream, etc. Good protein to feed to help her heal. Calendula cream can help once things start to scab over and heal on an outside layer.

Best of luck and fingers crossed she heals well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Many wounds in chickens will grow together if they are cleaned and an antibacterial cream or ointment is used to keep them from drying out. Plain Neosporin, Polysporin, or Triple Antibiotic Ointment is inexpensive snd found easily in stores. MediHoney is another product that is available online and can be helpful. Being around the vent, soaking her bottom once a day in warm Epsom salts, chlorhexidene, or a tsp of plain old dishwashing liquid and water, would accomplish a lot.