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2 week update: She seems to be doing great! She misses being outside, and her dust baths. I let her out with the others under supervised watch only. Only the leader tries to pick on her. The rest she defends herself well.

They are they used to free range everyday, but they haven’t since.

Thanks that helped! The feathers are stuck to dead skin after cleaning tonight. I can’t get deep in that hole although I see stuff I’m not sure what it is, I would injure her more poking around I will finish cleaning dead skin tomorrow and hopefully cleaning and neosporin will heal her up in a...

So I get a few feathers here and there the film is so thick that is over them; I’m picking each time I go to doctor her but she gets so antsy I can’t do it all at once 😔 but the gash is so much deeper than I thought.. another graphic picture attached..

I will do that this evening; I get a few each time but those last 5-6 are being extra tough

I have tried that but they seem to be glued there. I try a little more each day though.

Update: 43 hours in, she is still eating, drinking and pooping (although runny), and wanting to walk around. We have fed scrambled egg, tried oatmeal but she didn’t like that and she has eaten regular food. Today I let her outside for 30 mins to stretch her legs and let her chicken friends...

Could I use butterfly closures to help pull her skin together, since her skin is skidding further apart?

The wound seems to look bigger every time I go in: like her skin is sliding 😬

We went outside to find a hawk on top of one of our chickens. We ran out scared away the hawk. She had a little blood on her nostril and a little near her ear. We brought her in and she stood there a minute as I checked her over she has a gash on the back of her neck. See video/picture...