I have a friend who has chickens… and there was a massacre last night. A dog got in the coop. One chicken survived, and has a pretty serious wound. It’s three inches long and you can see bone. They cleaned it with a saline solution, and it’s not bleeding anymore, but they don’t really know what else to do. Any suggestions? (Please don’t suggest an axe…)
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I would say clean the area well and call avian vet to have seen or to get some antibiotic for the chicken. You can also use skin glue to close the wound but bacteria from a cat or dog mouth is toxic most of the time if not treated with meds. Also will need pain meds. Excellent luck.
Stress will be the huge killer now. Place her in a silent place on her own and keep her warm, with food and water. I’ve had chooks with large wounds before and found that using an antibiotic spray works wonders. I don’t know where you are but here we get a Pink Eye spray for cattle that works well.
Excellent Luck,
Michelle
A saline solution may not be enough. I would clean it with hydrogen peroxide and then it up the best you can using an ordinary needle and a fine thread. keep the stitches close together so that any movement will not tear the skin..