Injured/attacked chicken HELP

[Wyorp Rock]

Gracie-an almost 3 year old black australorp, with blood all over her face. Pic is from that night after wiping her face. I wasn't able to find the very specific point or cause of the bleeding. I cleaned her face and she spent the night in the garage eating the cat food. Yesterday she stayed in the garage as we were gone all day for an important appointment two hours away but I did see her up and moving.

She had some discharge on her face that seemed to be mucous although I'm not sure if it's nasal, but saw no infection type yellow discharge on her comb/beak where we believe the blood was coming from. One of her eyes is shut (the one in the pic) and i can only assume from dried blood or perhaps it was harmed in the initial injury. However she's not very active right now (although she's one of the more calm laid back girls) and her wings are drooping down.

@Eggcessive and @Wyorp Rock may be able to help.
Hope your chicken gets better

Looks like she's been beaten up. Combs with a tiny nick can bleed a lot. How's the drama situation in your flock, do you have any new birds, a rooster, have they been shut in more than usual...?

Clean out her eyes with saline, wipe away any crusties, foam or pus from the eyes, if she still has blood in her beak, swab that out of the beak. Put some Terramycin eye ointment or Original Neosporin in her eyes.

A photo of how she stands and of her poop would be good.

Check her for any bruising (greenish tinted skin) under the wings, along the breast, etc.

Do work on hydration. I'd give her electrolytes or a bit of sugar water.

Does she lay eggs? If she hasn't, then I'd start giving her Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for 3-5days.

 

[Redbirdacres]

Looks like she's been beaten up. Combs with a tiny nick can bleed a lot. How's the drama situation in your flock, do you have any new birds, a rooster, have they been shut in more than usual...?

Clean out her eyes with saline, wipe away any crusties, foam or pus from the eyes, if she still has blood in her beak, swab that out of the beak. Put some Terramycin eye ointment or Original Neosporin in her eyes.

A photo of how she stands and of her poop would be good.

Check her for any bruising (greenish tinted skin) under the wings, along the breast, etc.

Do work on hydration. I'd give her electrolytes or a bit of sugar water.

Does she lay eggs? If she hasn't, then I'd start giving her Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for 3-5days.

Yes thats what I'm thinking too. The flock has all been here and together for about a year and a half. We have two roosters. Herb is an amazing roo, Gregory is an oopsie rooster thats always been a jerk but he's been better as he got older. The plan has been to cull him however we've never done it before so it's just been put off.

I've wiped her face and she just has some scabs on her comb now. I'm attempting to soften her right eye to get it open again but it's a process. She's eating and drinking so that gives me hope. I'm going to be going out to inspect her further and look at her wings more closely now that the sun is out and it's not -10°

 

[Redbirdacres]

Do chicken do like dogs and cats and disappear to go die? I saw her first thing this morning and she was earing some cat food in the garage. I went out to go check on her a couple hours later (just after that last response) and to see how her injuries were and couldn't find her. I haven't seen her all day and I checked all the hiding spaces. I'm so worried I've lost my girl

 

[StinkyAcres]

Do chicken do like dogs and cats and disappear to go die? I saw her first thing this morning and she was earing some cat food in the garage. I went out to go check on her a couple hours later (just after that last response) and to see how her injuries were and couldn't find her. I haven't seen her all day and I checked all the hiding spaces. I'm so worried I've lost my girl

So they are free range? If so, it's more likely that a predator got her.

 

[Redbirdacres]

So they are free range? If so, it's more likely that a predator got her.

Generally speaking yes, but they haven't been since we completed the new run so they can learn their new home. She was in the run and coop when this occured

 

[StinkyAcres]

Generally speaking yes, but they haven't been since we completed the new run so they can learn their new home. She was in the run and coop when this occured

I was asking if she was free range when she disappeared. How big is your coop (NOT the run) and how many chickens live in it?

 

[Redbirdacres]

I was asking if she was free range when she disappeared. How big is your coop (NOT the run) and how many chickens live in it?

This afternoon? Yes. When the initial injury happened, no. We've never had predators on our land during daylight hours so I'm hesitant to think it would be.

It's an 8x10 shed with 11 birds

 

[StinkyAcres]

We've never had predators on our land during daylight hours so I'm hesitant to think it would be.

Just because you've never seen predators there during the day before doesn't mean it isn't likely to happen. They WILL find your chickens eventually, especially if you free range and there is a sick chicken that smells like blood. All predators can hunt during the day. Foxes, coyotes, and hawks are common daytime predators. Raccoons, skunks, and weasels are also out during the day. It took three years of free ranging for the foxes to find my chickens, then we had an attack yearly after that until I stopped free ranging.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes thats what I'm thinking too. The flock has all been here and together for about a year and a half. We have two roosters. Herb is an amazing roo, Gregory is an oopsie rooster thats always been a jerk but he's been better as he got older. The plan has been to cull him however we've never done it before so it's just been put off.

I've wiped her face and she just has some scabs on her comb now. I'm attempting to soften her right eye to get it open again but it's a process. She's eating and drinking so that gives me hope. I'm going to be going out to inspect her further and look at her wings more closely now that the sun is out and it's not -10°

Do chicken do like dogs and cats and disappear to go die? I saw her first thing this morning and she was earing some cat food in the garage. I went out to go check on her a couple hours later (just after that last response) and to see how her injuries were and couldn't find her. I haven't seen her all day and I checked all the hiding spaces. I'm so worried I've lost my girl

Generally speaking yes, but they haven't been since we completed the new run so they can learn their new home. She was in the run and coop when this occured

Was the run closed where nothing could get in?

Re-check your coop and see if she's hiding under something or tucked away in a corner.

I'm sorry she's disappeared. If there was a way for her to get out, then she may have roamed, or something got her. Check the old coop too, she may have gone there?

If you do find her, it can take time to work on a eye that is closed, injured and crusted up. Warm saline compresses can help. Even if you don't get the eye open on the first try, do apply the ointment on the closed eye, it can help a little when you try again.

 

[chickachicka12345]

I would check around her whole body.