Somebody shot my rooster in head with BB gun-need urgent advice please!

[gander007]

Good to know he is getting better

 

[heartsizedfarm]

That inner eyelid could be a natural bandaid, protecting the eye until its more healed.

 

[offtheleash]

I checked in the peeps tonight after I locked the coop because the chicks just all the sudden got very quiet after begging to go to bed for awhile, and I couldn't believe Rick had all 4 of them, 2 sex links bigger than him and two almost mature silkies under and around him in one if the nesting boxes!

The two hens were totally seperate. Is he just a very special roo like we are convinced, or is this normal!?!

 

[subhanalah]

They must love their man! Did you ever find out what happened to him? Was it a brush with a predator? The girls remember that sort of chivalrous behavior.

 

[offtheleash]

We are thinking it's a rat, whatever it was went underneath the fence and attacked, and went back out that way.

There was a lot of feathers, Rick's especially at that spot.

Now all the wire is buried big time, 2 feet into the coop. We still know anything can happen.

Is it normal for roosters to sleep with "chicks" like that?

Yeah, the hens are a lot more receptive to him now, one eye and all, lol .

I love him, and now I can pick him up and love him anytime. It's so funny though, when I put him down he grumbles and tries to act tough, like nobody saw that right?

 

[subhanalah]

We are thinking it's a rat, whatever it was went underneath the fence and attacked, and went back out that way.

There was a lot of feathers, Rick's especially at that spot.

Now all the wire is buried big time, 2 feet into the coop. We still know anything can happen.

Is it normal for roosters to sleep with "chicks" like that?

Yeah, the hens are a lot more receptive to him now, one eye and all, lol .

I love him, and now I can pick him up and love him anytime. It's so funny though, when I put him down he grumbles and tries to act tough, like nobody saw that right?

hahaha! I've read about broody roosters, maybe he's becoming soft in his old age

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Oh I remember that with my old Monk. In my arms a gooshy rabbitty soul. Put him down and now he's all strut and stuff for the girls and even giving me the evil eye, just for show I'm sure.

 

[offtheleash]

Rick and I today, he's doing so good!

 

[subhanalah]

Rick and I today, he's doing so good!

fantastic!
I'm so glad he's doing well. How are his eyes?

 

[offtheleash]

He has one that's normal, and the bad one is still part way open. I'm going to work on it this evening to see if there's any progress.

He's such a happy guy now, I has to get my husband to get a pic if us.

I'll try to take a close up of his eye tonight.