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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Just wanted add on to this: It's been 60 days since the coyote attacked. I'm adding this, to share that the once-broken wing has now regained almost full motion. Amazing. We keep them in the coop at night. Sometimes, if we're late putting them up, they go into the barn (not the coop) on their...
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    Cold weather: free range or keep cooped?

    Wow -7! 🥶
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    Cold weather: free range or keep cooped?

    Late on my reply here--and you were right. I opened the door. Half said, 'No way, Jose.' the other half went out for a minute, felt the air and the snow, said 'No way, Jose' and made a u-turn. LOL.
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    Cold weather: free range or keep cooped?

    Temps in high teens tonight, around 30 in the day. Coop is warm/heated. Question is: Should i let them out today to forage a bit? Or keep cooped?? Ground is frozen but they can eat grass, etc. Thoughts?
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Thanks for your note, and helpful advice--your recommendation to remove the wing wrap was spot on, and she bounced back after that. We were, I know now, at the point where the 'help' was becoming more like 'harm.' This site, and experienced contributors like you, are a genuine help to many...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Looking at the calendar, it's been about one month since our Campine, Shaggy, was attacked. And because of the holidays, it's been a couple weeks since I posted an update. The update is a good one, the final one for this thread, with a happy ending. Shaggy has fully rejoined the flock. And on...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Day 13: I'm going to keep adding on to this thread, for those who might be interested, because things continue to change, with some interesting dynamics of this small flock of four birds. As I mentioned, the moment our injured bird rejoined the others, she re-asserted dominance. However, her...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Howdy: Vet wasn't sure about timing--first idea was to immobilize for about a week, and that it might droop a little. As long as it was not fully dragging, that (the droop) would probably be permanent. Since yesterday, she is really starting to fight us--gaining strength and back to her normal...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Day 11: Vet visit on Day 10. Fever is gone. Appetite stable but still low compared to healthy. New problem: as she regains strength she is now fighting to be free. Hates the kennel, really really hates the bandage. It's been on for 5 days. Now wondering about the stressing and fighting of having...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Day 7: Better appetite this morning. Ate, on her own: the whites from 1 boiled egg; a tablespoon of moist meal worms; a few bits of feed (crumble); drank about one ounce of gatorade+yogurt Meds, delivered with syringe: Clavicillin, 250 mg, twice daily, crushed and dissolved in water; meloxicam...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Day 6: She ate and drank this morning, but breathing not improving, so looked most of the morning, and finally found a vet who would take a look--I had to try several places. Good/bad news: They did x-rays, and the left wing/shoulder is broken. They wrapped/taped it. She had a fever--107. Lungs...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Day 5 Update: She's eating and drinking (a little) on her own. A few bites of hard boiled egg (just the whites), and some moist meal worms, and yogurt thinned with sports drink. Also dabbed on a little VetRx around her comb and wattles. Ibuprofen and antibotic (in water) later today. Breathing...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Thank you for this info. I will look again for any puffed/swollen places...so far have not been able to locate any. Situation is mostly unchanged--she's standing on her own, labored breathing with the same wheeze on inhale/exhale. We continue with the electrolytes/ibuprofen/antibiotic and some...
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Thanks. Indeed sounds like a leaking air sack. The wheeze/ whistle sound seems to be coming not from her mouth, but lower down. Gard to isolate exactly where. Anything to be done for a leaking air sac?
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    Recovery from Coyote attack

    Hello: Thanks for your note and valuable advice. I need a new bottle of nutridrench--will get that today, thanks. Along with scrambled egg bits. We gave her some yogurt via syringe. No visible puncture wounds, We've separated her--a mid-sized dog kennel crate, placed in the coop, and near-ish...
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