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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jun 18, 2013 15:42:36 GMT -6
I just discovered that my porcelain roo got injured somehow. What it is is a cut just under his vent and it's about 3 inches long and goes down towards his belly. I can see that thin layer that is just between the skin and guts. That thin layer is holding his stuff in. What made me notice is he had something black hanging between his legs as he walked and I went to remove it and see exactly what it was. I had to wash his backside and in doing so I saw the cut. I washed a couple of maggots out as well.
What i've done so far is I brought him in and gave him a good soak in warm water in the tub and washed his backside, legs and feet with antibacterial soap and wrapped him up in a towel. I put neosporin on the whole area and the skin where it's cut. He's still wrapped in a towel and I put him in a box for now. I cleaned a cage to put him in so he can stay in the house away from the flies and gnats.
I have powdered antibiotics, teramyacin. I don't know if it would help with this. I think it's mostly for respitory issues. I don't have the stomach to sew him up and not sure if I should in case there are more maggots inside. He hasn't acted like there was anything wrong with him. I feel so guilty for not noticing it sooner but thats not gonna heal him. He is one of my show silkies and very fluffy. If it hadn't been for me noticing something dangling he may have died from this.
If anybody knows of anything else I can do please let me know. I can upload a pic if needed. It's pretty gross. I'm sure you all have probably seen worse though.
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Post by ellisfarms on Jun 19, 2013 0:52:32 GMT -6
I use pickling lime on any cut my birds get works good also use it on my dogs and horses
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Post by Backwood Barns on Jun 20, 2013 6:27:07 GMT -6
We use 'Cut and Heal' wound care on everything around here (including ourselves). You can get it at Rual King in the livestock first aid area (not the refrigerated meds). It's sticky and will kinda glue it back together if you use butterfly strips with it. It's pretty good. ...used it to glue my oldest head back together after she took a facedive off the 4wheeler and refused stitches. Just make sure the area is clean really well.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jun 21, 2013 20:49:13 GMT -6
Thanks for all the help. He seems to be healing but with Bobby about to take vacation he's kinda busy to help me with fixing him. Gavin don't need to handle him because of his knee still isn't healing. I don't want any of Sampsons chicken koodies to get into his wound. Although he is in the house and driving us all nuts with his crowing at the worst possible times. He is still acting normal as if nothing is wrong. I figure as long as I can keep the flies away from his wound it will heal. I had a pullet that somehow ripped the skin all the way from one side of her neck to the other. The skin was just hanging. She needed stitched up but I just can't do that. So I pulled the skin back as best I could and slathered it with Neosporin. After I cleaned it of course. The mistake I made was wrapping it with gauze. But it was the only way to keep the skin in place. She was a good patient. When she developed a scab I would rub neosporin on it and use tweezers and pick the gauze out of it. She tolerated it where I would have been a big baby i'm sure. When she was tired of it she would get fidgety and I would just work on it more later. I learned not to put gauze on a wound if it could be helped. Where Sampsons is, it is impossible to cover up. It's just under his vent and with all the fluffy feathers I can't use bandaids or or those butterfly bandaids either. No where for them to stick to but feathers and i'm not gonna pluck the area for fear I might tear what has healed. It's a bad spot for sure. It isn't herniated so I'm giving him antibiotics in his water right now. I wasn't able to get the injectable antibiotics. I have some stuff called VetRX. I got it in a swap and really have no idea how it works or what to use it on or how. I wonder if this may be of some help. Does anybody know?
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Post by Greathouse on Jun 26, 2013 9:57:32 GMT -6
The first year I ever had chickens, for whatever reason, they singled one of the group out and tore her to a bloody, near featherless mess. She had two large gaping holes on each side behind her wings, almost to the bone. A friend of mine recommended putting hoof tar (or pine tar) on the wound, to keep it sealed (so flies and maggots didn't get into it), and so the other chickens and the chicken itself wouldn't pick at it. (It smells awful, so I can't imagine it would taste very good either.)
It was messy, and it did get on her feathers, but it worked and she made a full recovery.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jun 26, 2013 18:44:48 GMT -6
He seems to be healing. I"ve been putting Neosporin on it every other day. He's still inside driving us insane with his crowing. He's eating, drinking and preening himself. His wings and tail are not drooped. He appears as if nothing is wrong. I can't even see his wound until I find my way thru his feathers. I think Silkies butts are the fluffiest part of their body. I don't want to trim the feathers because I plan to show him the first chance I get after he is healed. He is a very good patient too and is loving the personal attention he's getting. He cuddles like George does.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 3, 2013 18:06:21 GMT -6
I thought I would give you all an update. The terramyacin and neosporin have done their job well. He has grown skin over his wound and the scab is just about off. In a few days i'll give him a good warm water soak to get whats stuck to is feathers off. He's gonna have a big scar but it's on his butt so all the feathers will cover it. I hope it don't hurt his score when he's getting judged.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 3, 2013 18:08:13 GMT -6
BTW having a rooster live in your living room for 15 days so far has NOT been a pleasure. But we endured it so he would heal away from the flies.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 3, 2013 18:21:18 GMT -6
Oh I forgot to say what I did. I've been putting 1/4 tsp of terramyacin in a quart of drinking water and changing it everyday. I put neosporin on his wound every other day. I took him off the terramyacin today but will continue the neosporin till the scab is off and I don't see anywhere that hasn't healed completely..Then to find out if he is still fertile. I doubt it affected that part of the workings but still gotta check
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Post by Timbo on Jul 4, 2013 0:02:49 GMT -6
Congrats!
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 5, 2013 18:42:05 GMT -6
I'm glad he healed and is still with me for sure. I'll even be happier when he's back outside and I can get a decent nights sleep. He's a real sweetie though..
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Post by ellisfarms on Jul 6, 2013 22:20:07 GMT -6
Don't know if I could do one in the house Lol Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using proboards
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 8, 2013 20:52:35 GMT -6
It's not easy. He picks the worst times to crow. I stay up late and he doesn't so he'll start to crow when he wants dark and quiet. I cover him up and turn off the lights and TV and he'll shut up.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Jul 12, 2013 14:01:13 GMT -6
Another update. Sampson got a good soak today and I was able to remove nearly all the scab that had came loose. He still has a small bit of scab still attached and 2 spots that aren't pink but aren't red either where the new skin grew over the wound. So he's gonna be in the house a little longer. When the scab is off and everything has completely healed he will go back outside. I know he will be wanting to pay his hen some attention and I don't want him to reinjure himself in anyway. When he goes out I want him to be able to stay out. He's learned that crowing in the house ins unacceptable and has learned to be polite and not crow as much. And some people thing chickens are stupid.
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Post by cks4me on Jul 27, 2013 12:20:24 GMT -6
Great job!!!
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