Chicken bald back

[dippy bird]

My 12 year old niece has just txt me to say that a dog has got into their garden and attacked one of their new little girls ! It has drawn blood and she says it looks sore,but the chicken seems fine in itself. They don't have any gentian violet to put on the wound - is there anything else that they could use?

[ClaireG]

Oh no Flour can help to stop the blood if it is still bleeding. You can use blue food colouring to disguise the redness and stop other girls pecking at it. I'd also tell her to keep a very close eye on her and possibly bring her inside in a cat carrier or cardboard box, as she will probably be suffering from shock.

[Guest]

it needs antispetic applying before anything else as dogs' teeth are full of germs! If they don't have any, do they have citricidal or tea tree oil?

 

here's a list of natural antiseptics

 

http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/article/Natural_Antiseptics

[dippy bird]

my niece said they have savlon ant-septic spray??

[Guest]

i'd use it, clean the wound first and spray some on

[dippy bird]

Thanks folks, will tell her.

[Chicken Shirl]

Poor little thing, what a shock for her. Hope she gets better soon.x

[dippy bird]

Well, I went round to see little Jim (??) last night, and she is in a mess! The dog has done some serious damage to her! My SIL took her to the vets and she couldn't even stitch the poor thing up as there wasn't enough skin to sew-so she has tried to glue the wound together and put her on anti-biotics. I am so angry that a dog has done this.The owner needs there backside kicking for letting it off the lead and allowing it to get into my SILS back garden!!

[Guest]

awwww, poor thing, hope she recovers! Have they given her some metacam for the pain? If not I'd ask the vet for some.