Such warm welcomes thank you
ChickNChicken - that is a coincidence. All the best for your girl as well.
Matilda update - managed to get her to drink some water and take some egg yoke from a syringe at first. Then she tried to peck me (cheeky!) and I figured that if I moved quick enough her...
Wonderful responses, thank you. The newly christened "Matilda" survived the night and slept relatively well.
Investigations this morning show that the main damage is to her eye. She has lost a few feathers around the top of her head but no deep wounds just scratches around the comb. I washed...
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Yes, she won't be out all night. I just wanted her to settle after the shock of being found and having three rowdy children all wanting to know if she is alright as we found her just on dark and no doubt she was feeling lost. We all know how chickens feel when they can't find their usual...
Hi everyone - my first post though I wish it was under better circumstances. Came home this evening to find a small black and speckled hen in one of our gardens that looks to have been attacked by a dog. One eye has been severely damaged and there are feathers missing around 'her?" head. She is...