Scalped / Pecked to skull - Full recovery with before and after PHOTOS

[narnia]

Just like all the scalping cases, we saw our older chicks hanging around hens during the day while free ranging, so we thought they were ready to be locked up in the same coop. Couple nights passed without incidents, and then one morning we found this. Our first reaction was that they will die soon, and we thought about ending their misery. The chicks were very alert and seemed full of life still, so a quick search on this forum convinced us that all they need is isolation and some TLC.


We washed the wounds with peroxide (bubbles up), then put a thick layer of Polysporin on their heads.


Chickens are amazing healers, within days the blood dried up, and scabs began to form:




Two weeks of isolation and daily polysporin applications, the results are obvious:


Three weeks:


After one month, amazingly feathers are growing back on their scalps, and they are now completely healed. I have made partitions in the coop, so that scalping will not happen again.














Hopefully these pictures convince you that badly scalped chicks can make full recovery! Good luck.

 

[sourland]

Good post! The recuperative power of chickens from skin lesions/wounds is amazing. The only thing I would be hesitant about is the use of peroxide, but used judiciously it is OK. Well done, and thanks for sharing this.

 

[12chickenlover3]

I look up to you for nursing them back to health! Great story!

 

[chickencrazy21]

i had the same thing happen to one of our girls. i slept in too late and she got scalped. a call to a bird breeder we got some of our girls from who told us call with any questions hes there to help. he told us clean it out with cold water till it stops bleeding careful not to drownd her by putting her head under cold water and running the water on the wound. then super glue it. worked like a charm. healed up even faster. you cant even tell anymore. she earned her name sparkles!