- Jul 7, 2014
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Hi All,
So a couple days ago my 8 year old daughter was out in the yard and discovered this young chicken that had been pecked over pretty good by other chickens. We don't have chickens but we have been trying to help this little one get to feeling better. My 8 year old has become its new mother. So on day one of finding the chicken it wouldn't walk nor would it eat or drink water. Day two it began to drink water and eat but did didn't move much. Today she has started to be much more mobile, eat better, and actually did some scratching for bugs today. The problem is she has a REALLY bad swollen eye, i'm assuming from being almost pecked to death but not sure about that. It's strange, it seems she is feeling better as she is more mobile now, is eating, and drinking water. On the other hand, the swelling in her eye seems to have gotten worse. I don't think her eye was pecked out as I can see a pupil in the eye. Also - the swelling has caused her beak to get out of alignment. She didn't have the misaligned beak on day 1, but seemed to develop it on day 2/3. She can eat chicken feed and I got her some red wriggler worms and she really likes those and can seem to eat them better with her sore face/jaw.
Here is a link to pictures I took of her today, she looks really pitiful - I can't believe someone would have let chickens peck her so badly. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=C6D6E39E9CCE062A&id=C6D6E39E9CCE062A!11653
Any suggestions on what may help her get better? Any hope? I am hoping there is hope as she is eating now and drinking water.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you could provide - it is appreciated.
-Chris
So a couple days ago my 8 year old daughter was out in the yard and discovered this young chicken that had been pecked over pretty good by other chickens. We don't have chickens but we have been trying to help this little one get to feeling better. My 8 year old has become its new mother. So on day one of finding the chicken it wouldn't walk nor would it eat or drink water. Day two it began to drink water and eat but did didn't move much. Today she has started to be much more mobile, eat better, and actually did some scratching for bugs today. The problem is she has a REALLY bad swollen eye, i'm assuming from being almost pecked to death but not sure about that. It's strange, it seems she is feeling better as she is more mobile now, is eating, and drinking water. On the other hand, the swelling in her eye seems to have gotten worse. I don't think her eye was pecked out as I can see a pupil in the eye. Also - the swelling has caused her beak to get out of alignment. She didn't have the misaligned beak on day 1, but seemed to develop it on day 2/3. She can eat chicken feed and I got her some red wriggler worms and she really likes those and can seem to eat them better with her sore face/jaw.
Here is a link to pictures I took of her today, she looks really pitiful - I can't believe someone would have let chickens peck her so badly. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=C6D6E39E9CCE062A&id=C6D6E39E9CCE062A!11653
Any suggestions on what may help her get better? Any hope? I am hoping there is hope as she is eating now and drinking water.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you could provide - it is appreciated.
-Chris