Our depressed hen has passed away too :( We got home from work and she was slumped dead in the corner. I think the new rescues may have brought in some kind of disease. :(
Sad update, the girl with the bitten back passed away last night :( The girl with the bitten neck is getting stronger and can now sort of stand and is holding her head up now so we moved her into the cat cage to prevent her from hurting herself any further. But one of my original girls seems to...
Oh wow! He is a trooper!! I am glad to hear he lived through the worst!! Our girl who has been bitten on the back is doing well now, her back crusted over so I have returned her to the flock. The girl with the bitten neck is getting stronger everyday (even trying to stand!!) her neck is less...
I have called hubby and he will be finishing early today to help me improve their pen, I am also thinking of buying a flood light or a strobe to keep them away.
They are inside in my laundry. The girl with the injured neck is on a nest of sheets with a chair over her with a blanket over top and the other girl is in a little cubby with a towel on the floor and a pillow slip blocking the light. I have also put the baby gate up to stop the dogs from poking...
The first picture is of the hens back and the second is of the neck of the other girl. Unfortunately i couldn't take very good pictures as I didn't want to hurt them
Please help me! I rescued 6 battery hens yesterday to add to my flock of four other rescue hens. This morning I went to let them out of the coop as per usual and found two hens missing, a heap of feathers everywhere, one dead hen, one hen slumped under the roost and all the rest of my poor...