So I have 20 chickens and 3 roosters. One that is the king one that thinks he’s the prince the other who thinks he’s the outsider. Have had the chickens for 5 years with no problems they have a coop a pen my yard is fenced in and they free range. Now I live at a 4 way intersection in a rural...
Updated photo of Oreo. The site looks a lot better today then the day she was attacked. There is a space where her comb was, but that's to be expected. But as you can see she's looking pretty good. I'm lucky her nostrils were not damaged.
as of today Oreo acts like nothing happened. Ill post a new pic tomorrow. Right now she's in my house in a medium dog crate with all the spoiling my family can give her. One thing I did do the day of the attack. when I knew she would have to be in I grabbed her egg an my other polish Diva's egg...
Found her outside on the ground it was a small hawk. My rooster was attacking it. I sent my daughter to grab Oreo. It seems the only thing the hawk got was her comb. Cleaned the site put neosporin on it. I checked the rest of her an I don't think it had time to do much damage because the rooster...
I don't have any Velcro. But what I do have is the green wrap Velcro they put on bunches of lettuce at the grocery store now. Trying a piece of that like a collar around my to make silkies. Will see if the crowing stops.
Who figured at 49 I would be raising chickens. Lol one kid is off to college an I have found a new hobby. And I say hobby lightly because I find myself becoming attached to these bright eyed, carefree creatures. Except now I find myself searching out all the information needed to raise them. Any...