My hen has no wing and she is still ALIVE!!

[chilling in muscadine]

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Thanks Jenn for posting the threads. It is a hard thing for me to talk about. Your the best but I bet you already know that.

 

[JennsPeeps]

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I know that losing Sadie was horrific for you and that events that are similar bring up tough memories. You've been really brave about sharing your struggles - we all do what we can to support you.

 

[chickensioux]

If she were my hen, I would take her to a vet and see if something needed to be done with an exposed bone. I know not everyone can do this, but it seems like an exposed bone would impede healing. Other wise I would clean it with an iodine solution and keep antibiotics on it as well without bandaging and get her some sort of systemic antibiotics. Keep it very, very clean. She will do fine without a wing if you can get it healed. Best of luck with that baby.

 

[meraucanamomma]

I will like everyone to know, my sweet girl is doing GREAT. She is back to her old self again. She is a 1 yr old. Her comb is really red again. I am not killing her. I am spoiling her again. She loves clovers. So every morning and afternoon I left her out for a few minutes to eat them. Sometimes I put them in her cage. I am so glad she is doing better. Thanks again to everyone for their help and encouragement !! chilling in muscadine, thanks for all of the PM's you sent me..
God bless all of you !!

We think it was either a raccoon or a dog. but I will not have to worry about that anymore. Brian has made sure we do not have to worry anymore.

Sweet girl is fisty this morning. I was giving her water and she took her head and ran it up and down my arm. It made me cry.. She knows I love her. It is crazy though, I never thought I would get this attached to my hens. WOW !! Thanks again.

RaNae

 

[horsejody]

 

[chickensioux]

 

[briana1975]

That is so great she is doing good.

 

[dlhunicorn]

glad to hear she is doing well... (after a two week abscence I just now got Saras pm about your predicament)
pm me if you need any help

 

[joebryant]

All's well that ends well.

 

[mikeksfarmer]

If you lost half your own arm in a car wreck; You would be in shock and depressed. But after a while you would eat. I am sure you would have pain. A bone sticking out without treatment will become infected. You would become septic, feel real bad, run a fever and eventually die.
Now if you saw a doctor he could remove the bone back behind the soft tissue, maybe even pull some muscle over the bone stump and stich it. then pull some skin over that and stich it. Treat you with some heavy duty antibiotics to prevent infection. In time you would use that stump, and live a productive life.

Damn the Opossum and his apposable thumb. He can reach right through the wire grab one of your girls and pull enough through to eat a whole wing off. That thumb and his tenacity allowed him to continue as a specie to today and beyond. But this wasnt so good for your friend. You have some choices to make.

After death there is no pain

making no choice most likely means infection misery and a slow death. Now it could become a local infection and rot enough tissue for that bone to fall away, but dont count on it.

A vet will probably charge you a little less because it is a chicken. Probably reach in there snip that bone at the joint, stich muscle and skin together in a few stiches and give a heavy duty shot of anti biotic + maybe some thing you can add to the water.
$40 to $60.

I have learned that chickens are not just dumb egg producing animals. Most of us back yard people enjoy our chickens for more than meat or eggs. They are our pets. They often inspire us to see the world in a different perspective. Good luck in your choice.