Chicken attacked by raccoon, shock (warning graphic pictures)

[rockymountain]

I tried to post a video of the coon but some issue on this sight will not accept a video post. I am guessing do to being a video I know still shots will work and will look for them, showing the coon, and cougar. My feral cat as well which is doing well and still around.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The BYC upload does not work, so for video you will have to upload to a platform like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. and provide a link.

 

[rockymountain]

OMG, she laid an egg today. I thought with her age and the trauma she went thru she would have been done. She has for years goes broody on me several times each year, so I guess that extended her egg laying I will throw the egg out since she has been on antibiotics for a while.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Spots is full of surprises!

Laying an egg is good.

 

[rockymountain]

Well today I decided to have Spots rejoin the other two chickens. I waited and watched for over hour. Spots did her dust bath again which she loves. The other two chickens didn't care. Was concern about one of my other chickens that was puking up water. Freaked me out. I am like another chicken with issues, so surprised, as in appearance very healthy. I grabbed her massaged her breast which really not much in there. She puked up some addition water and the sun flower seeds I just fed them. I continued to massage her breast and feel normal no lumps or anything. She acts fine but this freaked me out what could be her issue. Like I said I know what the chest should feel like and feels normal. Had in the pass a chicken with bad crop issue that eventually died. I just cannot believe to see a chicken puke water up in the coop and when messaging the chest puked up seeds and water. All is good later but the last thing I wanted to see when introducing my other chicken, Spots, back within the coop. So weird, not sure what is going on.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad to hear Spots is back outside!

For the other girl, check her crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptied.
Sometimes they can just simply over drink water when they have been eating and water/food comes back up. Hopefully that's the case, but I'd check her for a few days to make sure nothing else is going on.

 

[rockymountain]

Today, checked on Spots all is good. Everyone is getting along. I felt the other chicken's crop and all good. I think, when I got out there yesterday, their water was dumped. I refilled and didn't really pay attention if she was drinking a lot. I am assuming that is why she puked water when I grabbed her. I decided to be on the safe side to deworm them all. I have liquid safeguard. Not sure when I researched says pea size. Is that one mil? Also do I do this for five days or just once?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Today, checked on Spots all is good. Everyone is getting along. I felt the other chicken's crop and all good. I think, when I got out there yesterday, their water was dumped. I refilled and didn't really pay attention if she was drinking a lot. I am assuming that is why she puked water when I grabbed her. I decided to be on the safe side to deworm them all. I have liquid safeguard. Not sure when I researched says pea size. Is that one mil? Also do I do this for five days or just once?

Glad everyone is doing well!

"Pea Size" dosing is not the way to go since we do now know the correct dosing of Fenbendazole (Safeguard) in poultry.

So.

For Roundworms only, dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.

For other worms that poultry can have including Roundworms, but excluding Tapeworm, dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once daily for 5 days in a row, no repeat.

Clear as mud right

 

[rockymountain]

I will bring the scale out. I am not good with ml. So will give the weights and let me know how much to use. If you don't mind. I would like to treat for all worms. Never done this before. Since they are healthy, I want to do this now, before I have an issue. Especially the one with all the water in her scared me. I was talking to my daughter who raised the two one year olds when newborn and she mentioned they have always played with their water and extreme water drinkers. I am planning on securing their waterer down so they cannot dump and drag around. I noticed I had this issue as well with them in the dog cage as well. Spots never did this; she is such a great chicken. Yesterday I checked on her several times and she look doing really well. Very dirty as she is going crazy doing dust baths. Her head isn't covered in dirt as I stopped putting ointment on it so looks clean but still healing. The other younger chickens are not attacking her head as well. All getting along.

 

[CrazyChickenLadySue]

Food will really help her. I personally would feed her raw egg, it is high in protein, easy for her to digest, has important vitamins and also iron which would help with her blood loss and would also count towards her fluid intake. Nutrition and preventing infection are the 2 most important.things you can do for her.