trauma

  1. Hensley Flock

    Rooster Panic

    I have a rooster, hes about a year and a half old, that was involved in a dog attack on November 1st. His entire back was ripped off and i'm surprised yet grateful he is alive. UNFORTUNATELY, today we let him out into the yard for the first time since and he freaked out and ran to hide. I...
  2. Degg1121

    Baby Chick head trauma/internal bleeding??

    HELP!! I got 8 baby chickens a few days ago from good old Tractor Supply (5 Sapphire Gem, 1 Easter Egger, and 2 Brahmas) my mother has had chickens before but these were my first very own babies. We had them in our house as they are so small and need a heat lamp still, and one of our very old...
  3. ValerieJ

    Two down, one in sick bay...

    On Friday, I shared with you all about the eagles attacking our neighborhood chickens. I lost one and had another wounded. I thought my biggest problem was figuring out how to create obstacles in my orchard, where they live, and put some Veterycin on the quarter sized wound, the only wound I...
  4. C

    Fox Attack, Sprained Wing, Nesting Box Isolation

    Hello everyone, Almost 48 hours ago, two of my hens were attacked by a fox. I was able to rush/scream and otherwise scare the foxes into dropping my girls, who were each inside the foxes mouth and about to be carried away. One of my hens walked away unscathed, the other was stunned and has an...
  5. MysticUniKitty

    Baby chick fell from hole in wall that son stuffed her in! Help!

    So my son wanted his chick to go on an adventure and opened a hole in the wall and stuffed her in. Unfortunately there was nothing to break her fall on the other side. ☹️ I cleaned her off of drywall after breaking a larger hole, i tried looking her over and I didn't see anything noticeable and...
  6. Lukemjm

    Help! Ducks attacked by mink!

    3 nights ago, our two ducks (1.5 year old Pekin Male, 2.5 year old Saxony female) were attacked by a mink or weasel. I awoke at 4am to my dog (so proud of him) barking and growling incessantly out the window in the direction of our duck run. I was concerned for our little guys, and went out to...
    • Lukemjm
    • Thread
    • duck happy pekin recovery saxony sick trauma tube feeding
    • Replies: 482
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Stickyleft

    Egg-less for Months

    This summer I started out with a generational flock, three 2 year old birds, 17 one year olds and some farm store special babies. I experienced some MASSIVE pedation issues this year - when I lost the first 4 birds I purchased some more babies, but then we we're hit by either a family of foxes...
  8. Bandana chick

    Help! Impacted Crop Won't Leave

    My one year old Black Starr hen (Tux) has an impacted crop that has been hanging around for more than a week. She is currently in a large dog crate but she roosts with the rest of the flock. I'm worried that she is eating poop in the roosting area. I have treated a couple impacted and pendulous...
  9. Christina.Rich

    Pain relief for chickens

    Hi Everyone, A fox got to my chickens yesterday as they were free ranging in the early evening. I had stepped inside to change out laundry, and before you know it a fox was running rapid on my girls. I have a couple where they are still alive and walking, but their feathers are ripped out on...
  10. missmissyf

    Molting or Sexual Trauma??

    What do you think. Seems to be spreading.
  11. CapricornFarm

    It hurts!

    Hello BYC folk! For whatever reason, lots of us have to suffer with chronic or acute pain. So this thread is for those folks to discuss, complain, vent, brainstorm or otherwise try to deal with it. Usual rules apply, be nice and helpful so we can keep up the discussion. You can also discuss...
  12. Nutmeg15

    Chicken trauma?

    Over the summer, we had an attack in our coop by a couple of raccoons. They killed two Barred Rocks first in the early spring, and while I was on vacation for two weeks with someone caring for my hens, the raccoons killed three White Leghorns, my EE hen and her best friend the barnyard mix, and...
  13. AccidentalChickenLady

    Longtime lurker, first-time poster!

    I've been reading BYC for months, but I finally bit the bullet (or perhaps "bit the bug" is more appropriate in this context)! I have four hens in my backyard coop just outside Denver, Colorado. We've got two Easter-Eggers, a Barred Rock, and a Rhode Island Red. All of them came from my local...
  14. J

    Young hen recovering from dog attack

    Hi all, sorry for the long post but some details might be important! My flock of chickens were attacked by a dog on Monday, my boyfriend was able to pull the dog off one of the hens and scare it away just in time, however a different one of the young Ameraucana hens (born late April 2017) went...
  15. Zoey K

    Depressed Chicken

    Hello, I am new to having chickens and made the mistake of putting my four five week olds outside. A raccoon came, tore apart three of them and now there is only one left. I am working on convincing my mom to get more chicks but she isn't having it so she wants to give him away. Majesty...
    • Zoey K
    • Thread
    • buff orpington chick chicken depressed hen orpington pullet raccoon trauma
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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