Flowerfairy
In the Brooder
- Oct 1, 2021
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Long story short:
A husky dog had gotten into my yard as a lady was walking it. Not sure how she lost control of the dog but the dog got ahold of two of my chickens.
I was not home for the incident but I came shortly after. Feathers were everywhere.
One set of feathers from my speckled Sussex and the other set of feathers from my buff Orpington.
From a quick examination of the speckled Sussex it seems like there were no injuries. Not sure why her feathers were everywhere.
It was chaos as well because we were also missing a chicken- assuming it got spooked and flew away somewhere. And finding her before sundown at 5 was top priority. We found her safe.
I got the chance to check on my buff Orpington and found she had suffered a large wound. It seemed the dog had ripped a lot of her feathers off and tore the skin. Immediately I sprayed veteryn (don’t know how to spell at the moment) and moved her into a separate housing since her skin was exposed.
When the chaos was going on in trying to get all the chickens back into the coop. She immediately went inside and hunkered down into the nesting boxes. She looked almost deflated. I was looking at her and she got up and jumped up on the roosting branch with all the other chickens since it was bedtime but I decided to grab her and separate her.
It’s hard to tell how she’s doing since nightfall came so quickly after the incident.
its 3am and I’m worried about her.
I don’t know if she needs stitches or anything intense. I was reading that with dog bites I would have to buy antibiotics and inject it into her breast tissue?
I don’t know what to do other than keep the wound clean.
I feel so defeated but I’m holding onto hope. I will try to see how she’s doing once morning comes.
thank you all.
A husky dog had gotten into my yard as a lady was walking it. Not sure how she lost control of the dog but the dog got ahold of two of my chickens.
I was not home for the incident but I came shortly after. Feathers were everywhere.
One set of feathers from my speckled Sussex and the other set of feathers from my buff Orpington.
From a quick examination of the speckled Sussex it seems like there were no injuries. Not sure why her feathers were everywhere.
It was chaos as well because we were also missing a chicken- assuming it got spooked and flew away somewhere. And finding her before sundown at 5 was top priority. We found her safe.
I got the chance to check on my buff Orpington and found she had suffered a large wound. It seemed the dog had ripped a lot of her feathers off and tore the skin. Immediately I sprayed veteryn (don’t know how to spell at the moment) and moved her into a separate housing since her skin was exposed.
When the chaos was going on in trying to get all the chickens back into the coop. She immediately went inside and hunkered down into the nesting boxes. She looked almost deflated. I was looking at her and she got up and jumped up on the roosting branch with all the other chickens since it was bedtime but I decided to grab her and separate her.
It’s hard to tell how she’s doing since nightfall came so quickly after the incident.
its 3am and I’m worried about her.
I don’t know if she needs stitches or anything intense. I was reading that with dog bites I would have to buy antibiotics and inject it into her breast tissue?
I don’t know what to do other than keep the wound clean.
I feel so defeated but I’m holding onto hope. I will try to see how she’s doing once morning comes.
thank you all.