I guess one of the only ways I would know is by putting the hen back with the flock after it recovers to see what happens next, but that sounds scary too.
Yeah I was wondering if a hen or rooster can bruise the back of the neck/head that badly. I guess one of the only ways I would know is by putting the hen back with the flock after it recovers to see what happens next.
That is so scary. Yes we are definitely getting more cameras. I was thinking that maybe she was shaking her head for the splattering to occur, but then I thought if there is severe pain she may not want to shake her head. Further I had thought chickens go into some weird trance at night when...
Only that green bruising under the flesh wounds. A concussion occurred as well. The pictures don't do any justice, but our local chicken farmer said he has never seen wounds like this on a chicken before and finds it hard to believe that the flock did this due to the severity even though he...
It is a possibility but I can’t confirm. The timing of the “domestic” issues that I had with the babysitter is just very coincidental timing. She (the hen, not the sitter) is separated in a dog cage for being treated.
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I have 6 hens and one rooster and have had them for almost a year. They all behave very friendly.
This past Sunday morning we discovered one of our chickens had a brutal wound to the back of the head. The picture doesn’t do full justice, but there is a large gash of a hole that...