Sewforyou2000
Chirping
- Apr 29, 2021
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Our backyard is fenced and our chicken coop with an attached large run is in the backyard. We were never letting them out of the run at all. I picked up a few more chickens and I decided to see if the dogs would be ok with letting the chickens out in the yard. It has been going great. One of the three dachshunds tried to chase them a couple of times but then was fine. Our three dachshunds have been getting along fine with the chickens out since early spring. We let the chickens out in the morning and then shut the coop door at night. Tonight when I went outside to close doors to the coop and the run, I heard something under the deck and thought it was a possum or something. Then I saw one of the dogs after something and it was my silkie Ro. I started screaming and screaming and ran toward them. The dog left but Ro was on the ground. I picked her up and brought her inside to examine her. She has two pretty bad looking spots where the skin is open and she was bleeding. First, is there anything I can do for her wounds? She was pretty limp at first but then perked just her head up a bit. I brought her inside in a small cage and shut her in a room that the dogs cannot get to. I just don’t know why she wasn’t in the coop. It had been dark for a while and she is always in the coop. Second, I have always heard that if a dog ever gets a taste of chicken blood it's over. Will I ever be able to let my chickens out again? I am going to try to figure out a way to divide the back yard so the chickens can be out a bit and not be where the dogs are. I didn't take any pics of the wounds but if she is alive in the morning I will. I love my Ro so much!
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I loved that silly chicken. Before pics of her with one when she got too wet in the rain and I wrapped her in a towel, rocked her and fed her strawberries. 
The other two pics are of her wound. The actual hole in her skin isn’t as big as it looks but it was bad. Her black skin makes it look worse.
