- Aug 5, 2013
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The dog got one of the chickens and had his way with her for a little while before we caught him. 
He pulled out a bunch of feathers but the skin wasn't broken at all. When I got to her she was alive and breathing but flat on her back. I pet her and talked to her but she didn't move. I picked her up and she didn't/wouldn't/couldn't hold her head up. It just flopped around. I have her in a box in the garage with some towels and a heat lamp. She did move her feet while I was carrying her. It's been about an hour and a half and she looks the same. Wouldn't she die if her neck was broken? Or is it possible for her neck to be broken without her spinal cord being severed?
I am planning on waiting overnight to see if she improves at all. Am I right in thinking that if it's shock she'll be better in the morning? I don't want to kill her if she's going to have a full recovery. But I don't want to draw out her suffering either. She's a two year old Easter Egger, part of my first flock of four. I just processed my first chicken, a RIR from the same group, four weeks ago. We got three chicks right before Easter, but I was gonna keep the EE because she's such a goofy chicken. The dog in question is a little terrier mutt. He has "played" with her before but never to this extent. I'm totally bummed.
Anyone have any insight or advice?
He pulled out a bunch of feathers but the skin wasn't broken at all. When I got to her she was alive and breathing but flat on her back. I pet her and talked to her but she didn't move. I picked her up and she didn't/wouldn't/couldn't hold her head up. It just flopped around. I have her in a box in the garage with some towels and a heat lamp. She did move her feet while I was carrying her. It's been about an hour and a half and she looks the same. Wouldn't she die if her neck was broken? Or is it possible for her neck to be broken without her spinal cord being severed? I am planning on waiting overnight to see if she improves at all. Am I right in thinking that if it's shock she'll be better in the morning? I don't want to kill her if she's going to have a full recovery. But I don't want to draw out her suffering either. She's a two year old Easter Egger, part of my first flock of four. I just processed my first chicken, a RIR from the same group, four weeks ago. We got three chicks right before Easter, but I was gonna keep the EE because she's such a goofy chicken. The dog in question is a little terrier mutt. He has "played" with her before but never to this extent. I'm totally bummed.
Anyone have any insight or advice?
