Will my hens wound granulate? Pics added post #12

[Nif]

You don't sound snooty...

But I think we need to see a photo. Keep in mind that I didn't discover my hen's wound until she started to stink and had maggots all over her...I thought she was a goner. It was 4 days after she was wounded. Her breast meat was pretty ripped up too, like some was missing. Mine also didn't look like it bled much, the darkness you see is just the skin and meat drying out.
Do what threehorses says to do, smell it often and make sure it doesn't stink. If it isn't infected it will dry out and heal.
I don't agree with keeping it Extra moist...I literally left it alone for 2 whole days after that gross photo was taken. Right after that photo I used a Qtip and slathered it good with neosporin, then left it for 2 days. It looked great, and the next time I touched it I put SWAT so flies would leave it alone. I waited probably another 2-3 days, and now I am periodically putting some all natural oil for my horse...it promotes healing and is also anti parasitic. It's also very easy to apply. Olive oil would work just as good I think. I'm just keeping the skin under the scab oiled enough to encourage new skin cell growth. I will post photos on my thread tomorrow or Saturday so you can see how it looks almost all the way healed.
Will look for your photos later!
edit: after reading your 1st post, I just wanted to add, it doesn't really need to bleed to scab over...it will just dry out and crust over and then new skin will form underneath.
Hope this helps ease your mind!

 

[BarkerChickens]

Alrighty...here's the pics. The pics are from tonight, which is 3.5 days since the incident. The first one is the wound up close, the second one is zoomed out for relative size. The pic looks like it is on her back, but it is because I am pushing her wing down. It is actually on her side under her right wing. The crust is a yellow, crusty layer, but I am not sure if it is from plasma or dried neosporin...or both. I have not added neosporin for the past 24 hrs. As for smell, she smells like chicken...no bad odor. She has no swelling or pinkness to the surrounding skin, so I am sure there is no onset of infection. Can I just leave this then even though it is a crusty layer that cracks and not a normal scab?

Thank you all so much!!

I can handle the bloody ones, but this just worries me. I have heard horror stories where wounds heal over, but never truly close and leave exposed tissue. The bloody ones are easier to treat in my (inexperienced) opinion.

 

[Nif]

I agree that it looks strange, but I think it's because there probably isn't a lot of blood flow in that area, even better reason to not keep cleaning it. It needs to, in threehorses words: dry out, leather over, scab and heal.
As long as it isn't smelling bad I think you (your hen) will be ok. Hopefully threehorses will see this and confirm my humble opinion.

Use some neosporin again when it looks like it needs it...very dry. Just keep it moist enough that it doesn't crack and bleed.

 

[purpletree23]

Discontinue the peroxide and iodine. Both will kill new cells that are forming. You can use a mild soap and warm water and pat dry. Make sure it has dried a few minutes and apply neosporin. Treat just like you would a wound on your own skin. A quick wash in the shower. Pat dry and apply ointment.

 

[BarkerChickens]

I only use hydrogen peroxide for the initial cleaning to bubble out any debris, then immediately rinse it with dilute iodine. But, I will discontinue the iodine now as well.

Nif, you make a good point about not cleaning it often and the fact that there is little blood to begin with.

I'll put some more neosporin on it this evening, but aside from that keep it dry and leave it alone. She is in the house, so we're able to keep a good eye (and nose

) on the wound.

Treating bloody wounds are so much easier! To me, it seems that such a big wound would bled profusely.

Must have been cut in the just the right place I guess.

 

[Nif]

When I finally found my hen's wound it was covered in maggots...they eventually probably would have killed her because there were lots...but I also think they cleaned the wound a little.
I just tried getting pics of my hen's healing wound...scab, really. But she was too frisky and wouldn't sit still.
I will get one, and post it on my thread. (I used a ton of saline solution and colloidal silver initially, as well as peroxide to kill the maggots. I didn't have iodine so I just used saline with silver mixed in.)

 

[BarkerChickens]

That's it!! No more neosporin for her! If it cracks a little, so be it.

Apparently she didn't like the neosporin on the dry, crusty scab-like thing. It was really dry and was cracked a little on the sides. Maybe, the neosporin made her feathers stick to it and irritate her or something. But, she picked the whole scab off!

No infection, no odor, nothing....so if it cracks from getting too dry, she's gonna have to deal with it.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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From my understanding is that maggots only eat dead tissue, and they were used at one time by folk healers for cleaning infection. They probably did help your bird. My girls wound was MUCH bigger than the OP's. After cleaning I used blue coat to keep the wound protected. She is one of my best birds. Because the wound was so large no feathers have grown back yet, and the skin is still thin. So I bought a saddle from another member on here for $5 total(what a bargain) and put her back with the flock.