12 week old Silkie in shock

[TurnUpYourLove9]

Help! I just started leaving my Silkies out during the days it's really hot. (It's 85 here today)...they have a beautiful coop with a fully inclosed run attached, it's 6 foot tall and set under trees. I was gone for a short time, came home and when I checked on them my black Silkie was outside of the run, laying in the grass with all her head feathers pulled out and breathing very hard with eyes closed. When I picked her up and examined her she had no other injuries but her head...she will stand and opens her eyes but when I hold her will peep and then gradually become quieter and close her eyes...no idea what to do. I have her in our garage which is quite warm, I gave her some Nutridrench (which I swear by) and fed her some water through a dropper...

 

[GrandmaChickie]

Do you think something might have been able to reach through the wiring and get a hold of her? She might have been attacked that way. Otherwise, it sounds like chicken-on-chicken violence. You say it is 85--has it been that warm, and has she adjusted well to the warming temps? I would think heat-stroke, but for the missing feathers. I think the Nutridrench is a very good idea, whatever happened.

 

[TurnUpYourLove9]

The wiring on the run is too narrow for any of them to put more then a head through...much less their whole body...and I found her OUTSIDE the run about 6 feet from it. She is standing now....not moving a whole lot and seems quiet but I suppose that's better than laying on the ground breathing hard. :/ I'm just so worried about her and I feel like a bad chick mommy.

 

[TurnUpYourLove9]

Oh, and to note on the chicken on chicken violence...these guys have all been raised together and are so great with eachother. I've never had them so much as pick even a little bit.

 

[ValleyPoultryFarms]

It sounds like a predator followed by heat stroke. A fox can pull every last chicken out of a run without missing one. The following might have happened;
A fox or coyote grabbed the chicken by the head delicately and pulled hard to get her out of the cage. The predator was probably startled by something and dropped the bird. Petrified and slightly hurt, the bird layed in the grass a couple hours away from water causing heat stroke.

To help her comfort, take a box fan propped on a chair. Place a bowl of ice in front of it directly. Instant AC! Good luck.

 

[ValleyPoultryFarms]

Did you check for any digging area? Maybe a fox dug a hole.
Unlikely though, you probably would've noticed.

 

[TurnUpYourLove9]

That does make sense!
There aren't any holes near the run and the ground is seemingly untouched...Our garage is cool so I'm keeping her there...I put electrolytes in her water and have gotten her to drink some. Hopefully she's okay!!