Chicken with face injuries!!!

[TheHappyHen678]

Hi! I have a speckled sussex (8years old) and I'm not sure how but she got some face and neck injiries(neck is not bloody just red and some feathers torn out, but her eyes are swollen shut and her comb is bloody. Shes also having trouble keeping her head up, though she has tried to put her head under her wing but it keeps sliding out. I don't know what to do! Please help!
Here are some pictures: (warning, just a bit graphic)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

First, treat her for shock. Do you have any electrolytes or Rooster booster? If not, mix up a batch of sugar water. 1 tsp of sugar in 1 cup of warm water, (use measuring cup and spoon) plus a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking soda. Stir to dissolve. Put some in a little cup and hold it up to her beak or dip her beak in but don't get her nostrils in it. If she won't drink, put a drop on the crease of her beak and see if she swallows.

@Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive, what next?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also put her in a warm, dark room until you hear from the Educators I tagged.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi! I have a speckled sussex (8years old) and I'm not sure how but she got some face and neck injiries(neck is not bloody just red and some feathers torn out, but her eyes are swollen shut and her comb is bloody. Shes also having trouble keeping her head up, though she has tried to put her head under her wing but it keeps sliding out. I don't know what to do! Please help!
Here are some pictures: (warning, just a bit graphic)

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Poor girl.

Looks like she's been in a fight and been beaten up.

I'd work on hydration as mentioned. Electrolytes or warmed sugar water.

She has blood around her beak, this is usually normal when beaten up, but I usually take a wetted qtip and gently swab out the dried blood inside the beak and around the edges.

Her eyes will be swollen for a while. Use saline to clean around the eyes and flush them out a bit. If you have Terramycin eye ointment, put a dot of that IN each eye and the surrounding tissue. If you don't have Terramycin, you can use Original Neosporin - same thing, put a dot IN each eye, then on the swollen facial tissue.
In the morning, reclean out the eyes, likely they will have some bubbles, this is normal. Clean them out and reapply your ointment.

Tonight, work on getting drops of fluid into her. Tomorrow, see that she's hydrated, then offer a little mushy feed or scrambled egg, see if you can get her to eat on her own. With swelling of the eyes, you may have to hand feed her, but hydration is extremely important.

If you have vitamin E (400IU) I'd start that along with 1/4 tablet B-Complex as well.

Keep us posted on how she's doing.

Has she been unwell lately? Do you have a rooster?

 

[TheHappyHen678]

Thank you so much for the tips, though how would I go about cleaning out her eyes and getting neosporn in her eye?