Not sure exactly what happend by what? I got home yesterday bout 4:30PM and heard 'Bird doing his alert call from the pen. He has been known to 'cry wolf' at the slightest thing, so i wandered down to them with some treats just as he was calming down. Went into the coop, gave treats, I noticed that he was not his usual pigging out self. 5 minutes later two hens were on the ramp with an alert cluck and a watchful eye.
I looked at 'Bird to make sure he wasnt sick or something - he wasnt chowing down. I saw almost dried blood in spots all over his comb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was definitly shaken up as well. I picked him up and ran him into the house (after I closed all the girls inside of course) and cleaned his comb up. Look like small punctures. No tears, no rips. Not bad enough to drip blood all over his head, but enough that it clotted pretty good on the comb. put on some neosporine checked him over good and found nothing else.
When i took him back the girls were shaken a little, but mostly just normal. One hen was kinda freaking out on the floor looking at it. I checked the shavings and thought maybe a mouse or chipmunk was under the shavings. Found nothing. Everyone went to bed and everything is ok this am.
I checked the pen pretty good with a flashlight etc. Found nothing.
About two weeks ago, inside a hen went NUTS flying off the floor like it was electricity. I mean to the point of flying into the walls to avoid the floor of the coop.
My coop is raised off the ground to keep it level, so one side is on the ground, another is about 2 feet off the ground. They get under it for shade, to dust, etc. I have checked it good and found nothing living there.
Any clues? had to be something fairly small that got to 'Birds comb and nothing else. Looked like punctures like small teeth. ANyone had a ferrel cat attack?
I live in the country with fields and woods and yard.
I looked at 'Bird to make sure he wasnt sick or something - he wasnt chowing down. I saw almost dried blood in spots all over his comb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was definitly shaken up as well. I picked him up and ran him into the house (after I closed all the girls inside of course) and cleaned his comb up. Look like small punctures. No tears, no rips. Not bad enough to drip blood all over his head, but enough that it clotted pretty good on the comb. put on some neosporine checked him over good and found nothing else.
When i took him back the girls were shaken a little, but mostly just normal. One hen was kinda freaking out on the floor looking at it. I checked the shavings and thought maybe a mouse or chipmunk was under the shavings. Found nothing. Everyone went to bed and everything is ok this am.
I checked the pen pretty good with a flashlight etc. Found nothing.
About two weeks ago, inside a hen went NUTS flying off the floor like it was electricity. I mean to the point of flying into the walls to avoid the floor of the coop.
My coop is raised off the ground to keep it level, so one side is on the ground, another is about 2 feet off the ground. They get under it for shade, to dust, etc. I have checked it good and found nothing living there.
Any clues? had to be something fairly small that got to 'Birds comb and nothing else. Looked like punctures like small teeth. ANyone had a ferrel cat attack?
I live in the country with fields and woods and yard.
