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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    DAY 17 Silver ate on her own for the first time today!!!! It took a huge amount of persistence on Laurel's part, but she kept tapping the feed tray like another chicken pecking (for like ten minutes straight) and Silver eventually went from scratching to pecking. A few minutes later she actually...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    That's very useful to know. Thank you so much!!!
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    In a happy update, Silver was up and awake the longest of any day. I think this is Day 15? She stood for nearly an hour on and off this morning waiting for breakfast. Then she slept outside for a few hours, had another breakfast, then slept until late afternoon at which point she wandered around...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    To our confoundment, she does not want anything blended, mashed, or baby food consistency. She likes split berries, lettuce, greens, tomatoes, mango, chunks of scrambled egg, and as of today--vegetarian sausage. I think the bigger pieces are easier for her to swallow which seems so weird, but...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    I wondered about that only the protein rich foods are really slippery and soft (eggs, cooked beans, wet dog food, baby food, wet cat food) versus the leafy greens which seem much rougher and she doesn't fight on those nearly as much. Maybe the fruit and veg are counterintuitively easier to...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Hi! Thank you for checking in! Was just about to make a post. Silver is not worse and maybe a bit better depending on how you're measuring. She's not eating on her own yet, our biggest worry obviously, but she's scratching a little here and there. She sleeps a lot, but when she is awake she's...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    One last pic for today. Lady Marmalade came in and snuggled down right next to Silver's crate. Pretty sweet.
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    DAY 12 Well, Silver is not giving up and we haven't either. Still don't know how this will play out but she had a few more signs of improvement today. Yesterday you might remember were her first boop-boop sounds. This morning she actually clucked and booped and then after breakfast (scrambled...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Such a hopeful story!!!!
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    So grateful for all the comments and ideas! Agree with everyone that this was a hideous event for her all the way around. It's a miracle she's alive. And yet we don't want to be cruel and keep force-feeding her if she'll never be able to eat on her own again. (Nor could we practically keep...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Yes, we're wondering if anyone has ever had a hen recover from such a severe vision loss or learn to eat without vision. They do seem very connected.
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    She's not opening either of her eyes most of the time. The first few days she wouldn't open either at all. Now around day ten, she can open them a tiny bit but doesn't appear to be registering movement just light. She didn't love the wetted down feed or baby food but is at least tolerating...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Here are a few pics--her name is Silver. I brought her inside tonight to keep an eye on. The orange speckling on her feathers is house paint not blood. The neighbor doesn't know how that happened--they had their house done a few weeks back and the crew must have dripped a bit or she brushed...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Great questions! Our neighbor had the same thought when she brought her over as this hen was very attached to her buddy hen who died (there were only two of them). We have her in our coop now where she can at least hear my small flock even if her eyes aren't working yet. We have four pullets and...
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    Hen Blind and Not Eating On Own After Coyote Attack--Advice?

    Hi everybody! My neighbor had two hens attacked by a coyote ten days ago. One died and one survived but with deep punctures below and at the top corner of one eye. The other side of head only showed small damage. She can walk and stand and preen and drink on her own but is not eating on her own...
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    is this bumble foot or just a scar?

    Latest update: the large flap of skin hanging off Tiger's foot came off on it's own. We soaked her foot with Durvet Epsom Salt Poultice and applied Farnam Wonder Dust Wound Powder. So far it looks better each day. She still is not exhibiting any signs of discomfort or illness--still eating...
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    is this bumble foot or just a scar?

    thanks so much for the assistance. always good to be cautious!
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    is this bumble foot or just a scar?

    so just an update. local chicken rescue expert says this isn’t bumblefoot just a scar and that i can create a wound where there isn’t one if i try to dig. as she is not lame, not limping and showing no sign of infection i am reticent to do much bedsides soaking which seems harmless. i am...
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    is this bumble foot or just a scar?

    will do, many thanks!
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    new to group hen gal in the rockies

    hi all, been poking around in here for years but never registered. appreciate this community so much! we live in the rocky mountains and have six hens—three are two years old and three are twelve years old (who i raised from chicks). love them all. old girls are one black silkie, one white...
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