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I have amputated a toe of a chicken with good results.
Chickens do not show pain the same as humans do, also, I really do not know what pain is like for chickens, how they feel and how they feel about it. They have different 'wiring' or 'programming' as a prey animal because to show pain is to make your self a target.
I would think that the chicken can survive. I have had some survive very serious injuries which I thought sincerely would kill them. A long 10-15cm slash by a cat healed with the flap of skin hanging off becoming a healthy flap of skin hanging off. They do have strange powers to heal.
I would not under any circumstances use soap or vaseline or any other contaminant to clean the wound, it would prevent the wound from healing and increase the chance of fatality. The exposed cells of the chickens internal organs and structures are not external skin and cannot handle anything other than the cleanest water you can find if the wound was dirty and air, which it will benefit from. Things like iodine will kill cells and prevent the wound sealing itself together. The cells need to be alive to join to each other.
If the wound has blood, and not caked in dirt, consider it to be as clean as it gets. If the bone protrudes, it can be of assistance to remove some of it. I cannot give you an opinion on this as I cannot see how much bone protrudes.
To operate, which you could, you can wrap the chicken in a towel, perhaps it won't struggle too much, but it needs to be bound so it doesn't run off, perhaps two people ?
To operate, use your personal intimate knowledge of chicken anatomy which comes from eating many chickens. Use scissors rather than a knife. Scissors don't require resistance in the opposite direction like a knife, it's easier. clean pliers with alcohol or iodine or similar, pour drinking water over them and cut the bone if required. Leave as much skin and soft tissue intact as you possibly can, leave it alone if you can. You only want to cut the protruding bones. The rest should be left to heal over.
If there is a long piece of bone protruding which can be shortened so the remaining flesh can heal over the end of it thats good, if it is already ending near a joint, perhaps the remaining can pull over the end.
Superglue is helpful to stitch up. There are many ideas for holding the end together, medical tape. Don't wash the wound with soap or vaseline and then seal that all inside, it will prevent healing at cellular level and cause death. Washing with soap is good, but only on external, sealed skin. vaseline is a petrolleum product, it's external or best avoided altogether.
Chickens do not show pain the same as humans do, also, I really do not know what pain is like for chickens, how they feel and how they feel about it. They have different 'wiring' or 'programming' as a prey animal because to show pain is to make your self a target.
I would think that the chicken can survive. I have had some survive very serious injuries which I thought sincerely would kill them. A long 10-15cm slash by a cat healed with the flap of skin hanging off becoming a healthy flap of skin hanging off. They do have strange powers to heal.
I would not under any circumstances use soap or vaseline or any other contaminant to clean the wound, it would prevent the wound from healing and increase the chance of fatality. The exposed cells of the chickens internal organs and structures are not external skin and cannot handle anything other than the cleanest water you can find if the wound was dirty and air, which it will benefit from. Things like iodine will kill cells and prevent the wound sealing itself together. The cells need to be alive to join to each other.
If the wound has blood, and not caked in dirt, consider it to be as clean as it gets. If the bone protrudes, it can be of assistance to remove some of it. I cannot give you an opinion on this as I cannot see how much bone protrudes.
To operate, which you could, you can wrap the chicken in a towel, perhaps it won't struggle too much, but it needs to be bound so it doesn't run off, perhaps two people ?
To operate, use your personal intimate knowledge of chicken anatomy which comes from eating many chickens. Use scissors rather than a knife. Scissors don't require resistance in the opposite direction like a knife, it's easier. clean pliers with alcohol or iodine or similar, pour drinking water over them and cut the bone if required. Leave as much skin and soft tissue intact as you possibly can, leave it alone if you can. You only want to cut the protruding bones. The rest should be left to heal over.
If there is a long piece of bone protruding which can be shortened so the remaining flesh can heal over the end of it thats good, if it is already ending near a joint, perhaps the remaining can pull over the end.
Superglue is helpful to stitch up. There are many ideas for holding the end together, medical tape. Don't wash the wound with soap or vaseline and then seal that all inside, it will prevent healing at cellular level and cause death. Washing with soap is good, but only on external, sealed skin. vaseline is a petrolleum product, it's external or best avoided altogether.
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