We have a shed for our chickens to sleep in with lots of roosting bars and then they have their outside run. 4 out of 8 of the chickens aren’t taking themselves inside to roost once the sun falls.
Tonight I went down to shut them in and we very narrowly missed the fox getting inside our coop...
No odour and been cleaning with a diluted iodine wash followed by anti-sceptic spray.
She eats and drinks perfectly fine but she does tend to hang out by herself and she hasn’t laid any eggs since the attack.
Update: it’s been 6 days since her attack. She’s now stopped laying eggs but she’s eating, drinking and wanted to be with the other chickens so we let her out of isolation as they aren’t interested in her wound. Is the egg laying bit something to worry about or will she start again as it heals?
I’ve just ordered some iodine as I read another post about a chicken with a much worse injury than mine where her owner watered it down and washed it daily and put some ointment on. The chicken breeder said he’s used Savlon ointment as well! So May try that once there’s actually some skin for...
Hello,
I have a beautiful blue maran who has sadly been grabbed through our fencing by a fox on her neck. The fox has ripped her skin so I can see her exposed neck and the top of her.
we’ve separated her into a corner of the chicken house and she was eating and drinking yesterday.
The only...
This post is from a really long time ago but what happened to her? My chicken has experienced the exact same thing and has this exact same injury. Need to know if she’s going to recover or if it’s unfair keeping her in this way.