Wound Worse than I Thought, Advice. WARNING! **GRAPHIC PICTURE**

[Echobabe]

Watch for flies, because there are different species of flies and some do eat healthy flesh.

You want to get her in a dimly lite room to force her to stop egg production, so she can channel energy into healing. Keep her quiet tonight, and warm. She's likely in shock and too much interaction may push her over the edge. Clean the wound, dress it, blue kote it if you can leave it open (depends on if she will pick at it). Neosporin and gauze if it must be covered. Watch for infection (eat, pus), which will need oral antibiotic.

One of my birds got attacked by a hawk today, and is now missing a 3x3 patch of skin--down to her back bone in spots. Worse than yours, I think. Keeping her quiet, clean and dressed the wound. Nothing left to close the wound with. I started her on tetracycline too, not the best but all I had on hand. She's now sporting chamo vet wrap on top of gauze and neosporin packing. She was molting, so no worries about egg production.

 

[tcmoffitt]

Tripple antibiotic ointment is great. Continue to apply! We had a hen (still do and she lays great) she was picked on by another hen and fell out of the nest box. The other chicken ripped her top feathers out until she was bauld before we caught it. We new that her head would heal with the ointment however upon inspecting closer noticed that the fall caused a more serious injury. Her wing bone at the upper joint was sticking through her flesh. We thought she was a gonner however we gave her some pain meds for a few days and put the antibiotic ointment on it and she is doing wonderful. She still has the bone there but seems to be able to fly and is really happy now that the bully is taken care of. Your little lady will be just fine. Make sure she is in a clean enviornment (like that really needed to be said) and contiune giving her your loving care.

 

[fishnet1971]

yes, give her the chance. She will probably make it as long as screw worms and infection doesnt occur. Neosporin it a few times a day to keep it moist. I would def. get her on a shot of good antibiotics to be safe. If she does have puncture wounds below the injury, hit it fast as hard so that she can heal. Can you keep her inside for a few days? I know, it can be hard to do, but if you can try it's best for at least the nights. I had a very similar situation, but ended up with the screw worm maggots that DID eat healthy new flesh and that was a heartbreaker. (Able to get to them before they did much damage, but still heartbreaking!) I also did let her spend some time each day with the others supervised so that when she was all better she would not start out on the bottom of the pecking order and have that much more stress on top of the wound. The others will try to pick at it if its noticable to them. Nosy fluffy butts. Please keep us posted?

 

[plm6846]

Wow saddle? We saddle our horses but a chicken? What is treading? So new so little knowledge.

 

[Kimmi500]

Thank you to all of you who replied with all your advice!! We are keeping her wound clean and packed with neosporin and Blue Kote. So far Nugget is holding her own, still eating, drinking and acting like a chicken. She still does seem stiff and sore, but given the wound she has, I would expect that. I will keep you guys updated!
Thanks Again So Very Much!!