well, unfortunately #1 succumbed to her wounds last night. I am down to one injured chicken left and she still is not eating/drinking. she seemed very instable and weak this morning.
sorry about not posting pictures. I couldn't bring myself to take them last night once I found her dead...
unfortunately I have no other way of keeping them separate from the other chickens during the day outside of isolation in a tote with food and water. additionally, there's no other person who can watch them while i'm at work. the issue is that there's no real shade in my yard either. people...
I can provide photos later after I get home.
Wyorp, my concern is the skin and not necessarily the feathers. without trying to be too graphic, it's like her side was scalped. skin and feathers gone. only muscle left. living in Colorado, sunburn can be an issue too, not that they're outside...
sadly, this is my second post to the community with my intro being just recently posted (5 minutes ago).
on Saturday morning, two of my girls encountered a dog that got into my back yard. thankfully my daughters saw and heard what was going on outside and let me know that there was an issue...
hi all. mike here. relatively new to the chicken scene (going on about 14 months now). new registered user to the site, but I have been here many times when doing google searches for certain questions concerning my little cluckers.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...