I did another examination of his body and could not find anything. I am wondering if the rat took the brunt of the damage and a majority of the blood was the rats. Update I have him in a cat carrier that closes with a gate. In the cat carrier I placed a nice bedding of wood chips with a small...
I can get one for you shortly as I needto clean the coupt. In regards to the rat holes we plan on having a company redcue their population. After I plan to fill in the hole and I was thinking about putting p stone down
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He is a Red Sexlink
The others are Red Sexlink Buff Orpingtons and two Easter Eggers
We did the warm bath (Which he did not like) and as I held him my wife wiped off and cleaned the dirt and his face and his comb. There were no wounds just a slight nick on his neck. Currently I have him...
My Rooster(Red Sexlink, name Sir Henry) is about a year old and I think got into a fight with a rat. He is huddled in corner and wont let me clean his face. I see no visible wounds/gashes but I do see caked blood. It seems the ploomage is caked with blood and dirt. I looked around the run and...
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My Rooster(Red Sexlink, name Sir Henry) is about a year old and I think got into a fight with a rat. He is huddled in corner and wont let me clean his face. I see no visible wounds/gashes but I do see caked blood. It seems the ploomage is caked with blood and dirt. I looked around the run...
Hello I have 5 young chickens(About 15-18 weeks old) and I need to introduce them to the rest of flock in the coup. Currently the 5 young chickens reside in a large dog crate within the chicken run(2 and a half weeks) so the other chickens can become familiar with them. The dog crate is...