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  1. Barredbuzzard34

    Feathers ripped out and skin torn/muscle exposed (a LOT of pictures attached)

    Hi everybody. I have 12 barred rock pullets, probably about 8 weeks old. This morning, we had been free ranging them, and noticed one was not hanging out with the others. We found her hiding underneath a parked car, with her wing missing a lot of feathers. Upon further inspection it turned out...
  2. K

    How long do you keep a chicken separated while healing from a wound?

    Hello there! I’m new, but have kept backyard chickens for 5 years now. Yesterday night we had an attack. I think it was raccoons. One chicken was taken and another was injured. The injured chicken had a large patch of skin hanging down from the breast down to the leg. A surgeon friend of mine...
  3. P

    Wounded chicken from fox attack

    I had a hen get snatched by a fox yesterday evening around 6pm and drug into the woods. By 8pm she was running into the side of the pen wanting in...she escaped the fox! We let her in and locked her up. When i let her out today I noticed she had quite a few feathers missing, reached for her...
  4. Gonecluckingmad

    Injury? Infection? Worms? Help!

    Help! I'm at a loss on this one as I have never experienced it before. Half of my chickens face was swollen. I started with Vetericyn, then benadryl (1 dose), then Terramycin (7 days). It has been 11 days since the swelling started. It has decreased, but it's not gone. I pulled 'something'...
  5. M

    Senior chicken seriously injured!

    Today I walked out to the coop to find Val, my eight year old hen, limp in a pile of dirt. From what I can tell, it looks like her comb was pecked at and ripped off by the other chickens. Crusted blood is all over her face, and coming out of her nose... She is also having balance and vision...
  6. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Please Help! Injured, Bleeding Beak

    Hi all, we just noticed that our RIR ("Willow") has a cracked and chipped beak (two different spots). It's hard to capture but she had a crack down the side and a little chunk taken out at the top. It looks like it had been bleeding pretty good, since her beak was caked in old blood (and at that...
  7. AltonaAcres

    Small wound on dog.....what to do?

    While on our way home from our week long camp trip, we noticed our dog, a 9 month old Mini Aussie male, was slightly limping. We just thought he was sore after running, hiking, chasing etc., but a couple of days later, we found a little blood on his front left paw. He is super sensitive/scared...
  8. Y

    Hen has green wing with maggots after fox attack

    Hi all Our flock was attacked by a fox 2 nights ago. One was killed and another was badly injured. The injured one has several bite marks, one of which is a deep wound to her wing which has an exposed bone. Here are some characteristics... Heavy bird, 2 years old Can stand but struggles to...
  9. D

    My Duck has a Wound and there was a larva near it

    So basically, today I picked up my duck and noticed there was a yellow moving larva which I’m assuming was a maggot since there were a lot of flies on my back porch. She has a scab on her under side and I was wondering what I should do to treat it if anything. I didn’t see any other bugs or...
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    • duck question scab treating treatment wound
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    • Forum: Ducks
  10. S

    Chicken with HOLE under wing and fishy smell

    When checking the nesting boxes tonight for eggs I noticed a fishy odor. One of my chickens who is currently broody has a “wound” under her right wing that is filled with brown hard secretion. it looks almost scabbed over, and the “hole” doesn’t look like an injury. it looks like it’s been there...
  11. famerzellman

    Injured hen.

    Two days ago my brother found one of my hens head stuck in between the post of dog chain link fence we use for a run. She had torn her skin off all of her skin around her neck trying to get it unstuck before she was found. When I got out of work I rushed home to see what the damage was and to...
  12. H

    Help! Failed Re-Integration into Flock, Hen Badly Hurt!

    Ok, so if anyone read my previous post a few months back one of my Leghorn hens wasn't feeling too well and I asked for advice and took her to the vet. She recuperated and was in better health at last and then came the real challenge: reintroducing her into the flock. It's been a back and...
  13. LAllen1118

    Duck foot injury on 3/29/19

    Hi all! New here! A little introduction, I have four ducks; two Cayuga hens, one Welsh Harlequin hen, and one Black Swedish drake. All hatched at Metzer farm 9/24 and arrived home in middle Georgia 9/26. Everything has been perfect with the flock, well, until now! We (my family) are new duck...
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    • cayuga duck duck foot injuries injury wound wound care
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. pecksandkisses

    Quail harmed in back of neck, help!!

    Hey, my male bobwhite quail has a large injury on the back of his neck. The wound is open and appears to have the skin pulled apart. He was sitting on the bottom part of a tree I have the aviary built around. He was very quiet. We have already cleaned the wound + applied antibiotic ointment. We...
  15. C

    Pale pink comb

    Hi all. 1 of my chickens got attacked by a hawk. I have nursing her back to health & her wound is almost gone. It is very small & healing nicely. With that, we have her in a kennel in our house (which has been quite interesting & at times, very noisy lol) I spend time with her often throughout...
  16. Gooseypoo

    Duck leg swollen and painful a week after ermine attack

    You may remember me from the drooling duck that we wound up having to tube feed after an animal attack (she's doing great now, thanks for all your help!). We thought we had their area secured but found out otherwise when they were attacked again. This time they were found before we lost...
  17. B

    Help! Dog attacked chicken, huge open wound

    hello Today our 8 month old Doberman got a hold of one of our hens. She has a very large wound on her side, there is quite a bit of exposed muscle. She is standing, eating and drinking. We have cleaned it and put Neosporin on it as well as non stick gauze. Do we want to be dress it or leave it...
  18. S

    Help! 3rd day with chickens ever and dog bite. 100% novice

    I'm brand new to owning chickens i just got 6 hens a few days ago and one snuck out of her area 2 nights ago. She got into the other half of my yard where my dog was out. he got her in his mouth and i instantly told him to drop her. he listen and she ran off. She ran away at a good speed and it...
  19. Thechickentrainer1999

    Bleeding on neck

    I just noticed that a few of my younger hens have started pecking and jumping on one of my older hens and I went to check her out and noticed that she had been scratched on the back of the neck and had some blood coming out. As far as I know it's not too serious but is there anything I can do to...
  20. Mariahthebright

    (Graphic) Injured Chicken, Not Sure What Predator

    Looking for advice for my hen. Came home from work to find her outside of the coop perched our wood pile. Usually she goes in with the other hens at night. Recently, I have seen an opossum hanging out around the coop sometimes. Any idea what could do something like this? She was attacked...
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