Chickenma2021
Songster
Nothing like this has ever happened to me - NEVER!!
A little bit of backstory: my chicken Blanch has been sick, I thought she was egg bound, turns out its just a weird lump. Anyway I thought this lump was making her sick and weak but I thought nothing of it. She would often get chased and pecked but again, nothing too bad thought nothing of it. Fast forward to today my dad was outside working and then ran in to tell me Blanch was not ok, she had been pinned down and pecked so hard her whole head is bald, purple and bloody. She could barely walk. I immediately looked at the situation and Blanch looked pretty darn rough and exhausted. I gave her a mini pen in the garage and hand fed her some fermented feed and an electrolyte solution. I just feel terrible for her. If my dad hadn't found her she could've died in the hour. I gave her a nice warm bath and scrubbed all the dry blood off her and she seems to be doing a bit better. I'm wondering if she was ever even sick or if she was just being picked on and bullied. I just wanted to share this story for awareness and for a bit of guidance on what my next steps are.
A little bit of backstory: my chicken Blanch has been sick, I thought she was egg bound, turns out its just a weird lump. Anyway I thought this lump was making her sick and weak but I thought nothing of it. She would often get chased and pecked but again, nothing too bad thought nothing of it. Fast forward to today my dad was outside working and then ran in to tell me Blanch was not ok, she had been pinned down and pecked so hard her whole head is bald, purple and bloody. She could barely walk. I immediately looked at the situation and Blanch looked pretty darn rough and exhausted. I gave her a mini pen in the garage and hand fed her some fermented feed and an electrolyte solution. I just feel terrible for her. If my dad hadn't found her she could've died in the hour. I gave her a nice warm bath and scrubbed all the dry blood off her and she seems to be doing a bit better. I'm wondering if she was ever even sick or if she was just being picked on and bullied. I just wanted to share this story for awareness and for a bit of guidance on what my next steps are.