6 week old attacked by cat!

[Nicholas Dean]

Your bird could have internal injuries, she does look ill.
Did you try the gatorade or sugar water?
I just let mine out and they are almost 3 months old but they are with my older chickens and a goose and they are in a 5ft high fenced yard where there are no cats, and my window is open so I can watch them. They are right outside my window, so it depends on your situation , really.

I have a window looking directly at my chickens as well but our dense is probably only 4ft and I’ve seen cats scale walls taller than 8ft so... How big would you say a chicken needs to get before a cat won’t try to mess with it? The cat is probably only a foot and a couple inches long (not counting tail). Also it’s going to get up to 100 degrees today (it’s about 95 now) and she isn’t panting like the others are.

 

[Chicken Heel]

I have a window looking directly at my chickens as well but our dense is probably only 4ft and I’ve seen cats scale walls taller than 8ft so... How big would you say a chicken needs to get before a cat won’t try to mess with it? The cat is probably only a foot and a couple inches long (not counting tail). Also it’s going to get up to 100 degrees today (it’s about 95 now) and she isn’t panting like the others are.

I lost a full grown Buff Orpington hen to a starving feral tomcat a couple of years back. Instead of killing the cat, I chose to rehabilitate him and today he is a sweetheart. But I still wouldn't trust him not to kill another chicken if the opportunity presented itself.

 

[Nicholas Dean]

Alright so I wouldn’t call her good as new quite yet but she is definitely much much better. I’ll report again soon.

 

[Nicholas Dean]

She’s practically fully recovered! She’s smaller than the others at this point which I’m blaming on the cat attack. But she’s doing everything the other chickens are doing so thank you all!

 

[Flockincrazy]

She’s a little more active now. She sleeps while sitting down now sometimes (previously she always slept standing up) and can climb up and down the ramp to the inside of the coup. I’m just now seeing her peck around The floor where she’s standing! Her tail isn’t nearly as drooped right now as it was in that picture. She’s still sleeping a lot though.

She will that was probably so scary for her it will take a bit for her to get back to normal but she will get there