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    quarantined for 6 days, now pecking order messed up?

    I have a very similar problem and am unsure of what to do. I have four hens and no roosters. They all got along quite well without any feather picking. Then one was attacked by a racoon. She survived, but it took about three weeks of nursing in our home. She was scared to death to go back into...
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    re-introducing injured hen to flock

    Hen was attacked by a racoon about 12 days ago and has recovered nicely. Both eyes appear to be working and looks none the worse except for some feather loss. I tried to bring her back into the pen with the other three hens. Although they all got along very well prior to the attack, there is one...
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    recovering from coon attack

    I am not giving her aspirn becuase I wasn't sure of the dosage, but I have been giving her pedolyte and I think that is helping. She loves the bright sun but I don't want to leave her in it to long for fear of dehydrating her. He appitite has picked up this afternoon, but she still needs to be...
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    recovering from coon attack

    It was early Saturday morning that my hen was attacked. Her recovery has been slow, but I think mostly good...but I still have some questions. The first few days I had fed her from a spoon, forcing yogurt and sugar water into her bill. She would swallow but not take more unless I forced her. On...
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    Racoon Attack-Very stressed hen

    Thank you all for your suggestions: I have been able to get her to take some plain yogurt from a spoon and water if I hold it up to her beak. She hasn't been able to find it by herself. Her right eye is half closed but she seems to be able to see through it. Her left eye remains shut although I...
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    Racoon Attack-Very stressed hen

    Should I be concerned about rabies? I saw a racoon in the daylight hours and it was VERY slow to move. I threw a rock at it and it groweled but didn't exactly run off...it just wondered off.
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