Dog attack

[RebeccaW89]

I have a young Dominique hen (6 months old) that was attacked by my daughter's dog. My daughter was cleaning his pen and he escaped and grabbed my young hen and shook her. My daughter got her from him and as soon as I heard, I ran outside to get a handle on the situation. The hen was on the ground in shock. I picked her up and was checking her over when I noticed the dog was trying to get away from my daughter. I set the hen down and grabbed the dog and put him up. I went back to the hen while my daughter grabbed a towel. The hen had went in the water trying to escape us. I got her and seen where she had a couple spots bleeding and feathers on her tail and back were gone. The holes didn't look to deep. I currently have her inside in a kennel cage by the heater and towels over the top to keep her calm. I sprayed what I could see with vetericyn. What else should I keep a watch for?

 

[nuthatched]

Give her someplace warm and dark to rest, offer sugar water with a bit of salt

 

[RebeccaW89]

Give her someplace warm and dark to rest, offer sugar water with a bit of salt

Im going to move her to my bathroom, that doesn't get used, tonight. I just needed her to dry first. How much sugar and salt? I do have some electrolytes that I can give her. It is called Quick Chick from McMurray Hatchery

 

[BigBlueHen53]

1 tsp sugar and a pinch of salt and baking soda to 1 c water. The electrolytes are good too. Hold it up to her beak in a small cup. It's good for shock.

 

[RebeccaW89]

1 tsp sugar and a pinch of salt and baking soda to 1 c water. The electrolytes are good too. Hold it up to her beak in a small cup. It's good for shock.

She seems to be doing pretty good. I moved her to a quieter room and cleaned her up some more. She was constantly pecking at me and telling me off the whole time. I'm hoping she pulls through. This is the area that is torn up

 

[Eggcessive]

Hopefully she will recover from shock with the sugar water. Tomorrow, look at her wounds for any green bruising, clean with the Vetericyn and apply plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment twice a day. Sometimes they can have some internal injuries from squeezing, but hopefully not. Offer her some mushy wet feed and a bit of cooked egg when she is drinking. Let us know how she gets along. Once she is doing well, I would get some BluKote spray to spray her wound to hide the red skin, so the others don’t peck her. Tractor Supply usually has some, but here is where to find it online:
https://www.chewy.com/dr-naylor-blu...MIlIb91ZCXiwMVlEdHAR3XfTYwEAQYASABEgJDd_D_BwE

 

[RebeccaW89]

Hopefully she will recover from shock with the sugar water. Tomorrow, look at her wounds for any green bruising, clean with the Vetericyn and apply plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment twice a day. Sometimes they can have some internal injuries from squeezing, but hopefully not. Offer her some mushy wet feed and a bit of cooked egg when she is drinking. Let us know how she gets along. Once she is doing well, I would get some BluKote spray to spray her wound to hide the red skin, so the others don’t peck her. Tractor Supply usually has some, but here is where to find it online:
https://www.chewy.com/dr-naylor-blu...MIlIb91ZCXiwMVlEdHAR3XfTYwEAQYASABEgJDd_D_BwE

I was told not to use Blue Kote. I do have her separated from her flock and in a smaller pen in the house. If she is doing good tomorrow then I'm going to move her outside but still in quarantine so that I can continue treating her. I won't put her back in with the flock for about a week or so

 

[Eggcessive]

I don’t mean to use it now, but when she is well enough to go back with her flock after some healing, it can help hide the bare red skin. Or you can choose not use it, and let her completely heal. She then will need to be slowly integrated back into the flock. Usually I would use a dog crate in the coop or run with food and water, and where they can see each other. Then gradually have some supervised visits and free ranging.

 

[Predoggg]

If you see an infection developing can you treat her multiple times a day with strong chamomile tea. Chamomile is antibacterial and safe for chickens. I have used it even on parakeets etc. You still can treat it every day with chamomile tea if you want to prevent infection.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If you see an infection developing can you treat her multiple times a day with strong chamomile tea. Chamomile is antibacterial and safe for chickens. I have used it even on parakeets etc. You still can treat it every day with chamomile tea if you want to prevent infection.

Use the tea as a wash, or give it to her to drink? I had not heard of this before.