ameliadanielle
Songster
We had assumed our two EE chicks that bit the dust over a month ago was the result of an owl, the one that tried to tote off one of our piglets and failed. When we found them they didn't have a broken bone or scratch on them. Just missing feathers on their backs. We assumed something had tried to get them and our dog had intercepted. Her brother from the same litter has been dutifully guarding free range flocks for months with no incident. Here we are, last night we caught our pyr holding down our remaining EE and plucking him. We didn't hear a thing. Our daughter looked out the window and screamed that Luna was eating a chicken.
We rushed outside and she immediately ran off. I was scared he was dead. He wasn't moving at all, but still breathing. I picked him up and even his head was limp. I was scared we would have to put him down. When I held him close to me while I carried him inside he immediately perked up and started pecking me. We assessed the damage. Not bites or punctures. His back was plucked like a grocery store chicken. He had a little bleeding from where she pulled out his tail feathers but he seemed to be mostly in tact. So then we went out to find the chickens and do a count they had scattered and they were all hunkered down hiding in the bushes. We found another victim in the pig shelter. One of our gold lace wyandottes, she must have gotten her first.
The wyandotte still had her tail feathers but her back was plucked too, and she had a dime sized piece of skin missing. Also no puncture wounds. I don't know if the dog quit at that point and went after our EE because she didn't mean to get a chunk of skin or if our little guy thought he was going to protect her. We heard nothing and this was all going on less than 10 feet from the living room window where my husband was playing a video game.
They are now recuperating in our spare bathroom where they were raised the first month of their lives, we have them on puppy pads for easy clean up. I washed the dirt off and used Silver Solution, it's a gel with silver in it, says it bacteria, viruses, and even MRSA. I also put a little colloidal silver in their water. They are eating and drinking and walking around in the bathtub but they mostly stay laying down together behind the shower curtain.
I don't know what their chances are. It seems like our EE is doing just fine. He's mad at us whenever we check on him and especially mad when we check on the hen. I didn't think to take pictures when it first happened last night so the pictures I have are from today. The Wyandotte is already scabbing up and it looks like she has some bruising around her wound. I was waiting on my dad to come over and check them out since he's been keeping chickens for years but we had bad storms today and it was hard enough for us to take care of the few animals we have between the rain and he's got a whole farm so he didn't make it over.
I'm having a hard time uploading images, so they will be separate, but they are coming. I'd just like some advice on what to do with them or if there is anything I can pick up to better doctor them with. I am especially worried about the wound on the wyandotte, and I have never had an injured chicken so I don't know how bad it looks.
We rushed outside and she immediately ran off. I was scared he was dead. He wasn't moving at all, but still breathing. I picked him up and even his head was limp. I was scared we would have to put him down. When I held him close to me while I carried him inside he immediately perked up and started pecking me. We assessed the damage. Not bites or punctures. His back was plucked like a grocery store chicken. He had a little bleeding from where she pulled out his tail feathers but he seemed to be mostly in tact. So then we went out to find the chickens and do a count they had scattered and they were all hunkered down hiding in the bushes. We found another victim in the pig shelter. One of our gold lace wyandottes, she must have gotten her first.
The wyandotte still had her tail feathers but her back was plucked too, and she had a dime sized piece of skin missing. Also no puncture wounds. I don't know if the dog quit at that point and went after our EE because she didn't mean to get a chunk of skin or if our little guy thought he was going to protect her. We heard nothing and this was all going on less than 10 feet from the living room window where my husband was playing a video game.
They are now recuperating in our spare bathroom where they were raised the first month of their lives, we have them on puppy pads for easy clean up. I washed the dirt off and used Silver Solution, it's a gel with silver in it, says it bacteria, viruses, and even MRSA. I also put a little colloidal silver in their water. They are eating and drinking and walking around in the bathtub but they mostly stay laying down together behind the shower curtain.
I don't know what their chances are. It seems like our EE is doing just fine. He's mad at us whenever we check on him and especially mad when we check on the hen. I didn't think to take pictures when it first happened last night so the pictures I have are from today. The Wyandotte is already scabbing up and it looks like she has some bruising around her wound. I was waiting on my dad to come over and check them out since he's been keeping chickens for years but we had bad storms today and it was hard enough for us to take care of the few animals we have between the rain and he's got a whole farm so he didn't make it over.
I'm having a hard time uploading images, so they will be separate, but they are coming. I'd just like some advice on what to do with them or if there is anything I can pick up to better doctor them with. I am especially worried about the wound on the wyandotte, and I have never had an injured chicken so I don't know how bad it looks.
