Fox attack-- multiple injured birds.

Dona Worry

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As the title says, I had a terrible fox attack in broad daylight this morning. 4 birds are dead, and 3 are injured.
Spike-- Polish rooster, 18 months old. Bloody foot and limping, otherwise unharmed
Hossea-- polish rooster, 18 months old, lethargic, purple face, multiple puncture wounds on his neck
Namira-- backyard cross hen, 9 months old. No visible wounds, perky and has appetite but limping badly and unwilling/unable to move.
Hossea and Namira are in a dog crate in my living room. Namira is eating and drinking, Hossea I spoon fed some electrolytes, but he would barely swallow so I stopped.
 

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I don't have any other advice than treat them all for shock while you wait for answers on this thread-sugar water or nutridrench with the electrolytes
 
Thanks. Spike seems ok, he's out with the flock and I can't catch him without stressing him out so I'm letting him be for now, Namira is eating and drinking but her face is very dark in color and she is clearly stressed.
Poor Hossea looks on deaths door.
 
Hossea is still clinging to life. He is not swallowing much, but did accept a few trickles of nutri drench, and his color is better.
 

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Still working on sourcing amoxicillin, ordering it online will take a long time to ship and of course it's a Sunday
 
A neighbor has some penicillin. It's made to be injected but could I give it orally?
 
Well now the hen seems to be going down hill. No longer eating and struggling to stand
 

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