Cockerel fighting wounds - how to treat him?

some people have previously suggested rescue remedy but I have never had need to try it.

My vet suggested antiseptic creams for open wounds as the alcohol content in purple wound spray could sting too much.  Try and keep the wounds clean and maybe see your vet for antibiotics to prevent the wounds from becoming infected.

Thanks guys, I went to see him before I started work this morning (up at 5am because I just couldn't sleep with the whole thing) and he's perked up considerably.  His left eye is still swollen shut but his right eye is just about open, or at least enough for him to see out of so he doesn't bump into stuff!  He looks like he's been in the ring with Tyson  but he's crowing and hoobling around (y'know, the noise they make when they call the hens to feed) whereas yesterday he was just exhausted and could barely make a squeek let alone crow.

as for prevention well it won't be happening again; I've made d*mn sure he can't get out again (unless someone lets him out  ) but I'm going on the Kill Pluck Bone & Gut course being run by Hookfarmchickens on saturday, so Charlie and the other LS cockerall won't be around after sunday so there will be nobody for poor paddy to be bullied by.

Will get some extra vits into him and see if that helps his recovery

 :happy:

good point I hadn't thought of that!

This is copied from another website with permission.

To help a bird recover from illness, they need extra protein.. this formula really helps them with thier recovery

My Treatment is this

“” This amount feeds one bird””

Feed the birds three times a day for three days a mixture of

This mixture is what you will need for the entire three feeds…. It is not 3 egg yolks and 3 teaspoons of honey etc…. divide the contents into three

½ to 1 x egg yolk….. give the whites to the other hens mixed into their seed or pellets (depends a lot on the size of the egg yolk)

1 teaspoon honey…. .given for energy

2 x tablespoons yoghurt…. Given for calcium and also to make the bowel go back into normal production after this upset
Only use the plain yoghurt never the one with fruit or extra sugar in it, not good for the bird

¼ teaspoon calcium powder (if you can’t get the yoghurt)

3 to 4 tablespoons rolled oats…. To give substance to the feed, or use chicken crumbles or layer pellets but soften them with some boiling water first

Sprinkle of multi vitamin powder (only if you are not already giving it to them in their drinking water, don’t overdose) just a few grains will usually be enough for this size mixture

2 to 4 table spoons of apple sauce or grated apple, it must be grated not chopped up for ease of digestion

Mix to make a crumble mixture not runny

If the bird is not eating you will have to force feed... roll into small pellets the same size as a layer pellet.... and force feed, and then massage the neck in a downward motion to get it down into the bired crop, make sure your keep the neck straight, its really hard getting someting down a neck that is bent or curved, the bird may be too weak to eat or have lost the desire to eat…. Don’t hold back…. The longer it goes without this the worse it will get

If you must give it something to drink – only give drops onto the beak or use the crop tube to get fluids down the throat, don’t try and pour any fluid down a chickens throat, it will more than likely go into the air passage and into the lungs and end up drowning the bird


This will give the bird a large dose of Vitamin D, C and A

After 3 days cut back to once a day for 2 weeks, you should notice the difference in 3 or 4 days

Give other food also, chick crumbles, grower crumbles or layer pellets depending on the age of the bird etc
Also have fresh water at all times for the birds to drink in easy reach, remember it is not well so it may not go looking for the food and water, so put it just about under its nose so it can’t miss it