Chickens attacked

[CrazyTalk]

Birds generally don't get rabies - there have been a couple experiments where they've managed to give it to them - but they tend to do a good job fighting it off and aren't symptomatic - and don't transmit it.

So I wouldn't worry about rabies.

 

[ntankovich]

Thank you all for your responses. I read that article and that's a huge help. This really stinks! I've had backyard chickens for over two years now and it's our first incident.

 

[farmgirl200]

Weird! Same thing happened last night with mine, one silkie hen died, and one tail of the silkie roo got pulled off. I feel like he was trying to help the little silkie hen. It turned out that it was oppossum, and we killed it. Hope this helps! It is really sad...