We have a truth cam motion activated camera, pointed at them where they spend the night in a small mesh dog kennel. Used it to figure out what got several chickens. Caught pictures of the raccoon harassing them. Then later we caught it in a live trap. It was a mean desperate animal. Still...
Young hen, not yet laying was dead this morning. No symptoms or any thing wrong the day before. She didn't roost in the normal place but low to ground, 6 inches. We put them in a small mesh dog crate at night to keep them safe, and let them out in morning but not as early as they would like...
I have a wild dove with a similar beak- crisscrossed, it came and wanted in the cage, so it came to live in a cage. It eats from a small bird dish and has been fine for a long time. doubt it would have made it in the wild. Good luck
up date on one legged "rhoda" as I have named her. She is doing great and the bone fell out of the wound by its self. But i guess that means that the bone still inside the flesh also has a jagged edge. I can't believe it! I did not try to cut it after all the response against it. I couldn't...
Hi I am also a new member because a wild animal, coon or possum ate my hens leg and the foot was dangling. How is yours doing? Mine seems to be healing but the bone is sticking out because the leg is shrinking up and I don't know what to do next. What did you cut the bone with?
She is a young rhode island red hen about 3 months old. I didn't expect her to be alive in the morning of July 21 but she was. I had to cut off the yellow part of her foot , there was no drumstick bone and the leg was dangling. I fed her banana and gave her antibiotic water, yellow powder. I...