Hello! One of my Road Island Red’s got attacked by our dog (wasn’t supposed to be out at the same time) and got a gash on the back of her neck. It doesn’t look to be too deep, but it looks like it ripped through first layer of skin and is showing underneath (???). Almost like it ripped up...
Update: I got nervous when it came to clipping her beak :( and our vet ended up having an opening so we took her and he clipped some excess and put adhesive, but said it may not grow back and if it doesn’t we may have to put her down. Which devastates me! She ate mashed feed with water today and...
Oh, so so thankful for your reply! I’ve been pretty frantic all night worried about her. I’ll try clipping it tomorrow, and have vetrycin and neosporin already so I feel much better about handling this!
Hello!
My Road Island Red Ethel (yes, her sisters name is Lucy!) has what looks like a broken beak. It looks like it’s the outer layer that it cracked under her nostril and it’s hanging. There is some blood, but it looks dried and hasn’t continued to bleed. She is acting fairly normal except...