Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

[Hardknockshomestead]

I am so sorry this has happened to you and your chickens! Like others have suggested here, I believe your hen is in shock and she is terrified, confused, and lonely. I agree with those who suggested you baby her and a mirror and special time with her human flock members might help her to feel better.
I would consider either getting a few more chickens for her to hang out with as soon as you can secure your coop and/or run, or rehoming her if you can't. And yes, find healthy chickens of similar age.

 

[Rammy]

Be sure when you fix your coop to just lift the lid, you secure it so it cant be opened easily. I know someone who had a setup like that and a raccoon got in and killed several chickens. They found it inside the next morning. It never left on its own accord.

 

[Trock925]

I want to thank everyone for their help and give an update! Our last girl responded well to the mirror but not the the stuffed animal so I took it out of the coop. On Thursday we got more started pullets from Murry McMurray and our girl immediately perked up when she heard the new birds in the boxes. I wanted to put the new ones in the coop so they could all hear each other first. Rick (my daughter named her that, lol) got really lovely with the boxes, was rubbing on them like a cat and was making a really pretty noise, almost sounded like a songbird. I took a risk and opened the boxes to let all the birds out. There was no fighting, pecking, wing flapping, nothing. All the girls just started eating and drinking. I stayed with them for an hour before separating them again and going into work. Yesterday they were all in the coop together and everyone seems great. I'm a little shocked but maybe the trauma of losing her whole flock made her accept the new girls so quickly. Hopefully things continue to go well.

 

[christwodog]

Seeing the photos of your coop torn up brought back terrible memories of when that happened to us - the day after our tragedy, we literally wrapped our coop in three rows of electric fencing, forget the fence around the yard, the dogs will get thru that. But if the coop itself is wrapped up with 7000 volts, that is a great deterrent. About six months after our dog attack, I came out one morning to find some of my electric wire strewn about and unclipped from the coop, which tells me that another dog/s tried to get in, but the hot wire got them! Electric fence chargers aren't terribly expensive and pretty easy to setup - I highly recommend it.
I am glad to hear your survivor is perking up. I had one survivor who refused to leave the coop unless she was on my shoulder. This PTSD behavior lasted for several months, until I got some new babies, then she forgot about being scared, I guess.

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad to hear that she has a new flock, and things are going well.

 

[aart]

I want to thank everyone for their help and give an update! Our last girl responded well to the mirror but not the the stuffed animal so I took it out of the coop. On Thursday we got more started pullets from Murry McMurray and our girl immediately perked up when she heard the new birds in the boxes. I wanted to put the new ones in the coop so they could all hear each other first. Rick (my daughter named her that, lol) got really lovely with the boxes, was rubbing on them like a cat and was making a really pretty noise, almost sounded like a songbird. I took a risk and opened the boxes to let all the birds out. There was no fighting, pecking, wing flapping, nothing. All the girls just started eating and drinking. I stayed with them for an hour before separating them again and going into work. Yesterday they were all in the coop together and everyone seems great. I'm a little shocked but maybe the trauma of losing her whole flock made her accept the new girls so quickly. Hopefully things continue to go well.

What a great story!!

 

[Hardknockshomestead]

I'm very glad that your hen is better! Shock and trauma affects animals just like it affects humans. What a little survivor she has proven to be!

 

[HeyHo]

Wonderful ending to a very sad story! Best of luck to you and your girls.