Thank you, Sourland, for your thoughtful response. It's a deep laceration but you're right, things do heal from the outside inwards and it will take awhile to see progress. In seven years I've never lost a hen in the coop. I neglected to shut and lock the coop door that night. It only takes one...
A predator, most likely a raccoon, attacked three of my laying hens. It killed Ms. Fanny Lou, my young Aruacana-Americauna. It slightly injured Ms. Fiona, one of my Speckled Sussexes, and inflicted a large wound on my other Sussex, Ms. Pearlie. Ms. Pearlie's wound is on her left side, under her...