lol, I certainly understand the husband issue. I worked on mine for over a year to convince him we "needed" chickens. Building the coop wasn't free and he did complain about how much money we spent on them at first. Now he loves the eggs and likes watching them outside. He wasn't thrilled...
I had the same situation in July. My dog pulled all the tail feathers out of one of my hens, meat and skin came with them. Her hiney was a mess! I kept her wound clean and sprayed with iodine and Blu-Kote. I kept her in the house in a clean cage for about 10 days until the wound was dry and...