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My husband and I sewed her up last night. It was quite a wound, almost took off her whole hind end. The local feed store was awesome. We got all we needed ... antibiotics, needle, instructions... Hopefully she'll pull through. She's off on her own during the day and sleeps with her buddies...

She's looking better than expected this morning. I tried to take a photo, but she wasn' t interested in posing. Is walking funny, but I would be too. I haven't put anything on it and haven't given her anything. We have only three chickens right now and I just cleaned out the coop, so I'll...

So the injury is 3/4 down the back and runs the rest of the way to where the tail feathers start. Honestly to my novice eye, I'm surprised she isn't in two and dead already. I'm tempted to try to put a baby t-shirt on her to try keep dirt out of the wound. My mom did that with a cat when I...

I can take a picture in the morning -- she got up to her roost tonight and is resting. It happened today -- my best guess is between 6 -12 hours ago. She let me check it out for a bit -- removed a feather, then pecked at me -- hadn't done that before.

Help. My best layer a 4 year old araucana was mauled by a neighbor's dog today. (please no posts about neighbors dogs, its already bad enough). The gash is about 6 inches by 3 - 4 inches. Not deep, but past the feathers and the skin down to the soft tissue. Any encouraging words or advice...