Chickens injured and in shock: what I learned

I just wanted to share what I learned from a incident with a fox and 2 of my chickens. Just in case anyone else could benefit from it in the future.
A fox(s) got into my fence and ate 2 my 18 week old hens. 2 more of them were obviously injured or in shock. The Easter egger had lots of feathers missing and wounds on each side, under her wings. Like it grabbed her with its mouth.
I immediately grabbed those two and put them in a dog cage in a dark barn.

Day 2 I kept them there, giving them a yogurt, water, honey mixture with a turkey baster. I also used colodial silver gel on the Easter eggers wounds

Day 3 we moved around their legs to see if anything was broken. The cinnamon queen had no visual injuries, her legs were moving properly, and she could stand, but then she tried to walk she fell over. I think she was in extreme shock. The Easter egger was probably just very injured. She had a severe limp and I thought her leg or hip was broken. Both legs were moving properly on her too so we decided to keep nursing them. We moved them out to my fenced in garden, still in the cage. I started making them a yogurt/chicken feed mixture. I fed them with a spoon twice a day and gave them water via baster twice a day.

Day 4-5 I have been taking them out of the cage while I'm home and letting them move around without me there. They have really improved! Both are walking, eating, and drinking on there own. The Easter egger still seems sore but can now walk on the leg I thought was broken. The cinnamon queen is walking long distances without falling over. She still gets kinda wobbly every now and then. I think I will keep them in my garden for at least two more days. Then I'll reintroduce them to the flock.

I have 30 hens, there not pets. Everyone told me to just butcher the two injured girls, but there 18 weeks! I have been feeding them all this time and they are just about to lay. I think a week of nursing is work 2 years of eggs.

I just wanted to share my experience in case this happens to someone els. I'm thankful I decided to take care of them and I'm amazed how quick they are recovering. I was pretty sure it was a lost cause in the beginning.

Good to know. I've heard cayenne tincture will help with shock and possible internal bleeding. Kristie Miller (master herbalist) suggests making with raw ACV for more benefits.

Thank you for your post . I’m trying to find info as we got home today and a stray dog got a hold of one of our chickens.. he bit it and ripped it apart pretty bad ( we weren’t home at the time a neighbour brought her back) her skinned is ruptured pretty bad on each side of the body and on her ass.. she is one of our good laying hens. I’ve butchered chickens for way less than this . But my hubby seems to think we should give her a shot. I brought her in and she is surprisingly eating and drinking. I honestly dont even know how she’s alive.

Im not sure how many days i should keep her .. at what point is it cruel not to put her down.. i mean if she’s eating and drinking?..

I dont know what to do .

Think chickens are pretty easy to go into shock.  I noticed outcast in my rose garden. ( we named her that because all the other hens pick on her, so I leave her out of the coop and chicken yard) I just got a feeling something wasn't right.  When I got close I noticed her foot was stuck to the fence with some strings that were part of a tarp.  I carefully cut her free.  She fell right on her face.  I was so worried. I don't know how long she was there.  I feed the chickens every day, but I don't see her every day.  I picked her up, and took her into the coop. I held her so her break is in the water, careful not to drown her.  After a couple of minutes she takes a couple of sips of water. Then she stands, then she tries to eat at that time the hens all started to attack her.  She runs and gets into a nesting box.  I gave her food and kept the chickens from her.  She ate all the food, and got out and ate and ate, and ate some more.  Then she drank some water.  There were no cuts or wounds I could see.  She was limping pretty good.  She made it through the night, the next day she only limped when she ran. Now she doesn't limp at all.  Thank goodness it wasn't summer, she probably wouldn't have made it.  I'm sure she will have a shorter life unprotected and alone, (sometimes I let the chickens out, for some reason she can hang out with them and they aren't mean to her). I figure a shot happy life is better than always having to hide and and be constantly picked on.  Glad your chickens made it.