Dog Attacked Chicken

[Abriana]

Keep us posted!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I wouldn't recommend syringe feeding. Too many well intending owner have caused their chickens to aspirate and die. It will eat and drink as it needs to.

 

[Abriana]

I wouldn't recommend syringe feeding. Too many well intending owner have caused their chickens to aspirate and die. It will eat and drink as it needs to.

Oh whoops, that’s what my vet told me to do when my rooster had a broken beak and couldn’t eat or drink.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh whoops, that’s what my vet told me to do when my rooster had a broken beak and couldn’t eat or drink.

Sometimes you have to, but if you don't need to I personally wouldn't risk it, especially if the bird is doing it by itself.

 

[micstrachan]

I’m thinking of your little one! Coukd be very sore. I’d be concerned with internal injuries, too, being hunched over like that. So he/she is still drinking and eating? How about pooping? Breathing normally? I wish you and the little sweetie all the best!

 

[RebeccaD17]

I’m thinking of your little one! Coukd be very sore. I’d be concerned with internal injuries, too, being hunched over like that. So he/she is still drinking and eating? How about pooping? Breathing normally? I wish you and the little sweetie all the best!

Thank you so much for the well wishes! He's drinking water but only when I bring it to his face. I have been able to get him to eat a little but again, only when I hand feed him. He's not really doing much on his own.

He did go poo last night - white and watery. Not really much since then but I'm not sure if that is because of the fact that he's not eating / drinking much.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It can take up to a week before you start to see improvements after an attack. It can take 3-6 weeks before they start to be more normal again. I did have one chicken that ended up blind after an attack and wouldn't eat and drink after a week. We finally figure that one out. Generally I wait 3 days before worrying about them drinking, and up to a week before I worry about them eating. If it eats and drinks when you offer stuff than it's a good sign, keep it up.

 

[RebeccaD17]

So Nugget has gone poo a couple of times but, upon further inspection, his vent is protruding a bit and a lot of the excrement was getting stuck there. I cleaned it as best I could with water. Would this be treated the same as a prolapsed vent from egg laying?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

@Eggcessive

 

[RebeccaD17]

Apologies for the graphic photo but I figured 1. it would help you guys get a better idea of what I'm seeing and 2. if you have chickens, it's probably nothing you haven't seen already.

Would this be considered a prolapsed vent?