wing pulled off but still attached by muscle, any suggestions

:( I'm here for a second, have a couple hour drive home but I'll be back....
i already cleaned it and pulled the wing up and wrapped it. saline wash beto dine rinse and neo sporine without pain killer then clean gauze to hold it in place.
Sounds like your doing a great job... especially if she's eating and drinking. I gave my patient an electrolyte supplement, since I wasn't sure how much blood was lost. It sounds like her wing is still there, but hanging loose?
 
I put this article together, but it's mostly for skin avulsions.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/skin-wounds-healing-with-honey-and-sugar.74755/
There's a link at the bottom for a true wing amputation, the chickens wing was broken, hanging limp, and very infected when it was found. She didn't know not to use lidocaine, but otherwise it is a good step by step if you have something similar:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ccess-story-and-how-to.1105559/#post-17008966

Edit: fixing a link :)
 
Update on the chicken, I finally found a bird doctor, so the wing was a compound fracture. So what to do? $ 22 to put the bird down plus $50 vet visit or $265 to have the surgery or take it home and try to do it myself. well Silly me, I spent the 265 because the chicken was a very sweet pet from someone that gave her to me, not like my other wild 13 Rhode Island reds. The doctor ground the bone down and dressed it. So thank you for all the advised, it guided me to my decision. The doctor was fabulous and was even telling me if I wanted to do my own amputation at home how to do it. I was glad to hear that he was grinding the bone for a happy life!
 

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