DUSTY THE SILKIE !ATTENTION!

[ChickenGirl555]

It was quite a long story and it has been an eventful 3weeks. I'd say she's not 100percent but she's getting there. I could of typed up an essay but I tried to just put the basic bits. The main thing is since her attack she's took a shine to my feet , it's crazy and funny and cute all at the same time . Soon as she sees my bare feet , she goes to sleep it's wierd. X

Well what I think matters most is that she's alive, and trying her best to recover!

 

[Jemma Rider]

Two of my chickens do this. My one, Freya has survived the death of her entire flock except for her three sisters. When i pick her up she screams, but when i set her on the ground she doesn't move and just stares off into space even when i push her away to wake her up it takes a few minutes for her to return to normal. And then i have my rooster, who's mom and four siblings were killed by a raccoon in front of him when he was only three weeks old. He goes into a sort of trance when he sees falling leaves and i wear a black coat. You should find her trigger, you say its your feet, so try to avoid letting her see your feet or see if wearing socks help. Overall it's not going to hurt her, but you should try to avoid putting extra stress on her. Food snaps my roo out of it, i always carry some oats around just for him when he drifts.

 

[Laura.silkie]

Hiya all and thanks for the huge response , she does not do it when I have socks on , it's just bare feet , I can be walking around the kitchen and she will follow my feet , she doesn't seem scared . It's like she loves my toes! Then when I stop she stares at my toes and starts to close her eyes. She's still on anti biotics because of the ear infection and does not go backwards no more or walk in circles. I also don't have wiffy feet . As for the cat the neighbor has got 3 , we have had it out with them over it and they still have not contributed to our vet fees we had! There in our bins all the time, and have chased our rabbit a few times in the garden . At first he locked them in a shed and let them out at night. But now there back out all the time not sure what I can do ? I'll try post more pics of dusty or a vidio of her. Thankyou everyone for all your replies , dusty is a cool chicken .

 

[Laura.silkie]

Chilling

 

[Laura.silkie]

Few more

 

[Laura.silkie]

 

[Mraya]

Hiya all and thanks for the huge response , she does not do it when I have socks on , it's just bare feet , I can be walking around the kitchen and she will follow my feet , she doesn't seem scared . It's like she loves my toes! Then when I stop she stares at my toes and starts to close her eyes. She's still on anti biotics because of the ear infection and does not go backwards no more or walk in circles. I also don't have wiffy feet . As for the cat the neighbor has got 3 , we have had it out with them over it and they still have not contributed to our vet fees we had! There in our bins all the time, and have chased our rabbit a few times in the garden . At first he locked them in a shed and let them out at night. But now there back out all the time not sure what I can do ? I'll try post more pics of dusty or a vidio of her. Thankyou everyone for all your replies , dusty is a cool chicken .

Have you called Animal Control ?

 

[Laura.silkie]

Have you called Animal Control ?

I thought of calling the rspsa over the cats but IV been told there useless.

 

[BonDEEroo]

Our neighbour’s cat used to make a nuisance of itself, so I set a possum trap in the shed, baited with some meat, and after a couple of days caught the cat. It stayed in the shed in the cage for about 24 hours, until the neighbour came over asking whether we’d see her cat, so I discreetly released it. The cat didn’t come back again. No harm done, but it learned the lesson.
I’ve heard cats HATE the smell of vinegar, so if you can catch the feral cat and spray it it with vinegar, it might get the point and stay away.
Possum traps in Australia are for catching and removing possums from roof spaces. They are like a large humane rat trap, a metal cage with a spring loaded door that snaps shut when the possum steps on a baited plate at the other end of the cage.
My grandmother once put a wad of cotton wool on the end of a stick, soaked in turpentine, and dabbed a neighbour’s cat under the tail when it was fishing in her goldfish pond. That cat, too, never came back.

 

[Laura.silkie]

Our neighbour’s cat used to make a nuisance of itself, so I set a possum trap in the shed, baited with some meat, and after a couple of days caught the cat. It stayed in the shed in the cage for about 24 hours, until the neighbour came over asking whether we’d see her cat, so I discreetly released it. The cat didn’t come back again. No harm done, but it learned the lesson.
I’ve heard cats HATE the smell of vinegar, so if you can catch the feral cat and spray it it with vinegar, it might get the point and stay away.
Possum traps in Australia are for catching and removing possums from roof spaces. They are like a large humane rat trap, a metal cage with a spring loaded door that snaps shut when the possum steps on a baited plate at the other end of the cage.
My grandmother once put a wad of cotton wool on the end of a stick, soaked in turpentine, and dabbed a neighbour’s cat under the tail when it was fishing in her goldfish pond. That cat, too, never came back.

Sounds like a good idea .