Hennefer007
In the Brooder
- Nov 26, 2023
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Fox attacked at about 4am. Noise woke me, I ran and scared it away. It killed one and was on the other when I saw it. I throughly she was dead at first but then she moved, so I scooped her up and brought her inside. She is mostly just lying here breathing gently. Every so often she gets up and stumbles a bit before settling down. She is able to move her neck fine (as far as I can tell) despite what looks to be pretty bad injury (see pics).
I’ve cleaned the wounds with saline solution, put her in a box with towels, tried offering her water but she’s not having it and I’m reluctant to try prising her beak open right now as I’ve already been on her enough cleaning her wounds. But please let me know if I should, or if it’s okay to leave it until a little later.
I’m just looking for advice on how best to care for her, and to ask if anyone has had a hen in a condition as bad as this (particularly the neck) and seen her survive.
I’ve cleaned the wounds with saline solution, put her in a box with towels, tried offering her water but she’s not having it and I’m reluctant to try prising her beak open right now as I’ve already been on her enough cleaning her wounds. But please let me know if I should, or if it’s okay to leave it until a little later.
I’m just looking for advice on how best to care for her, and to ask if anyone has had a hen in a condition as bad as this (particularly the neck) and seen her survive.