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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Probably last update on this thread for now unless something terrible happens (touch wood it doesn’t). The injured girls still have their jackets on still but their skin underneath is coming through amazing and feathers are already popping up on both girls. Neither have limps anymore and are...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    I've set just the run up in there for now and let them out in the area where they can stretch their legs a bit. They are really enjoying the sunshine and that makes me remember chicken keeping is worth the stressful times when I hear them all chirping happily in the daylight 😊 I will be...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Yes I said that to my husband, least both of them are together ❤️ not lonely too whilst they recover. They both scoffed some mealworms earlier so got some nice full crops to go to sleep on. Their wounds are doing better day by day and their limps less and less 🙂 I have a small run (one of...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Yes, I did walk up there with my dead hen, tears in my eyes but it was the mother babysitting the grandkid so when a little boy opened the door, I had to turn away not to traumatise him until the 'gran' came out. She said sorry and said she would ask her daughter (the actual dog owner) to call...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    So I think it's going to take a fair while before I can reintegrate the injured girls back to the main coop. I've been trying to take them in there once a day but the coop girls are already looking to re-establish the pecking order now my head hen is gone and these two are obviously going to be...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Gosh you are so lovely <3 thank you for such kind words. It's so surreal that they are gone, and it's so quiet out there at the moment. The others are still a bit shook up but they will be alright I think. The other two are still doing well at the moment, keeping a close eye on them :)
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Awwe thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot in this trying time and it feels equally good and bad that others understand this painful experience. Cookie was my favorite, she was a little black copper marans mutt bird from my uncles farm. An independent lady, my first chicken...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    So I lost one bird in the incident and then a second from stress the next day. The remaining two that were injured have been doing well, no pus in the wounds and both are eating (albeit limited) and drinking. They are being kept quiet in my downstairs bathroom whilst they recover. The girls...
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    I know, I am so angry and upset. My poor girls are ragged.
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    I have gone down to our local farm shop, bought and put it up today already. I thought this may help too, hopefully another level of security for my remaining girls.
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    Two of my girls are now dead, my favourite one couldn't take the stress. I'm devastated 💔
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    Dogs savaged chickens

    A neighbours dog got loose (again), came only our property and savaged our chickens. He broke through the large wire run and the smaller hardcloth run too (must of been in a frenzy to get through that). Chicken One is dead so that's out of the question. Can't do much for her except bury her (My...
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    Cockerel or Pullet? SLW

    My Wyandotte took an age to feather out (All other chicks had fully feathered) and the comb got real red early on, i thought she was male for a long time, but she's a super softie who's gorgeous and lays pretty pink eggs 😍
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    Self-feather pecking and soft shell eggs

    Is she spending a little more time away from the girls and nearer the coop? I just gently boot my broodies off the nests when I find them and remove any eggs as quick as they are laid to avoid this. Most will give up quickly... unless yours is anything like my orpington and then she would...
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    Self-feather pecking and soft shell eggs

    Hmm, sounds like calcium intake is good then. So that leaves stress or brooding (or something else i haven't thought of 😄). I reckon if she's eating/drinking fine, might be she's looking to brood 😄
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