Dog attack injury

[BigBlueHen53]

Can you just leave water and wet, mushy food in her cage, available to her and let her eat and drink when she's ready?

 

[Chickchicknewbie]

Can you just leave water and wet, mushy food in her cage, available to her and let her eat and drink when she's ready?

Yes of course, that's how I've got it set up l at the moment, I was just worried she'd get dehydrated or something and make recovery more difficult in the first day or two
Thank you again for all your help you're very kind, it really means a lot

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you place her in a small bathroom or closet with tile or vinyl floor, and put paper towel down or puppy pads so she could walk around and might feel more comfortable until you get the larger crate? Maybe if she could see another mild mannered chicken, it might make her more interested in food and relax some. Those are just some suggestions. Crop feeding is easy to learn. You can also try giving her torpedo feedings, which is just some chicken feed plus raw egg and water, made into small bite size torpedos to be hand fed. Here is some reading and a video:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

 

[Chickchicknewbie]

48 hours later
She's perked up so much! Letting me feed her out of my hand, she's had scrambled egg and high protein feed mash, with very high water content in case she's not interested in plain electrolyte water
fingers crossed it keeps getting better! Thank you all so much for your guidance and sharing your expertise, don't know where i would be without this group.

 

[Chickchicknewbie]

48 hours later
She's perked up so much! Letting me feed her out of my hand, she's had scrambled egg and high protein feed mash, with very high water content in case she's not interested in plain electrolyte water
fingers crossed it keeps getting better! Thank you all so much for your guidance and sharing your expertise, don't know where i would be without this group.

It's been 4 days now, I plan on moving her to a secure isolation cage outside next to the chicken pen so she can be near her friends, I imagine that would only benefit her recovery. Unfortunately I am not able to bring any friends to her, only the other way around. She seems lonely now. I hope that's okay, if any problems arise, she will be promptly taken back to the house for extra tlc.

 

[Eggcessive]

So glad that she is doing much better. I do think that it would do her good to be near her friends in a crate with food and water. Please keep us up to date on her recovery.