Yes Big Momma was definitely a hen, she was one of my best egg layers, she laid nice big brown eggs almost daily. Unfortunately, I had to put her down last night, the wounds were too severe, she stopped eating and having only one eye she would just walk in circles.
Today I was watching the...
Well, I've been mending her wounds all day, but they're pretty severe. I let her out of her separate cage just for a second to see what the rooster would do. He went crazy and tried attacking her immediately, he was making growling noises I've never heard before. So I'm almost 100% sure he is...
I washed the wound with plan water and a towel as much as she would let me, then I put some more cream on it. I did get her to drink some more water too.
Sorry those are pretty graphic. I put some antibiotic cream on her and we'll see how she does through the night. She is definitely missing her right eye though and the wound is pretty big.
I just checked on her, she is still breathing and she did drink some water, I just don't see how she will be able to survive.. I don't know much about chickens though.
That's what I'm worried about. It just puzzles me though, my hens and the rooster all get along very well, even when he's mating them he's not too aggressive.
I just got my chickens this summer, nine hens and one rooster. They've been doing great and getting along just fine, until tonight. When I went to lock up the coop and do a head count, I was one short. I immediately knew my favorite hen "Big Momma" was missing. My daughter and I looked for...