smcosker
Hatching
We have a beautiful hen that was attacked last night and has been injured quite extensively. I believe the animal that did this to her through the wire fencing was a raccoon, possum, or possibly a cat of some kind. We live in the country in WA and have just found out that two of our other hens have been killed/taken a day ago, which I can only assume is from this same animal. We have 11 chickens in a large coop/run area and had 3 free roam. after we saw that the 2 had been possibly killed (feathers everywhere in two separate locations) we rounded up the last free ranging one and placed her in her own coop/pen to keep her safe. This clearly did not happen and I was awoke at 1:30am to her freaking out. I let my dogs loose and saw that the animal they had sniffed out went up a tree (so not a fox or coyote).
Now my main issue aside from trying to catch the killer is that her right side has had some extensive damage and huge areas of feathers and skin are gone. Her wing bones are exposed as well as her right side "meat" areas as well as her back of her neck. She is moving around. she came out from the coop and ate some berries I picked for her. Any help would be appreciated. I am saddened to have lost two of our girls already and would hate to lose another.
Now my main issue aside from trying to catch the killer is that her right side has had some extensive damage and huge areas of feathers and skin are gone. Her wing bones are exposed as well as her right side "meat" areas as well as her back of her neck. She is moving around. she came out from the coop and ate some berries I picked for her. Any help would be appreciated. I am saddened to have lost two of our girls already and would hate to lose another.