ChickenMammX4
Songster
DH & I were out for the evening. A little after 9 pm we got a call from our daughter. She and 1 of her kids went out to the coop to see the (6) chickens (8 weeks old). The (auto) pop door was down, all still in the run and 3 had iinjuries on the top of their beak. We of course came right home. She sat out there with them using her cell phone flashlight app until we got there.
We don't know what happened. Did the pop door come down on them? Did they try to get in after the door was down? Were they scared and piled on each other getting injured in the process? I guess we'll never know. It's dark here by 8:30 pm, timer set for 9.
I gently washed off their beaks, no dripping blood and added a little neosporen. Luckily it was dark and the others couldn't see the injuries. There is no place to seperate out 3 from the 6 and from each other.
I went out first thing this morning, the beaks are healing already and no red blood to signal injury to others. They are acting normal and no pecking. Is there anything else I should do? Watch for?
We moved the timer back to 10pm. We've only had the auto door for about 1 week but they've always been in way before the door closes. We've gone up several times every evening except for last night when we were out. Glad our daughter thought to go out! Their house is actually closer to the coop than ours. Maybe I should make her our night checker!
We don't know what happened. Did the pop door come down on them? Did they try to get in after the door was down? Were they scared and piled on each other getting injured in the process? I guess we'll never know. It's dark here by 8:30 pm, timer set for 9.
I gently washed off their beaks, no dripping blood and added a little neosporen. Luckily it was dark and the others couldn't see the injuries. There is no place to seperate out 3 from the 6 and from each other.
I went out first thing this morning, the beaks are healing already and no red blood to signal injury to others. They are acting normal and no pecking. Is there anything else I should do? Watch for?
We moved the timer back to 10pm. We've only had the auto door for about 1 week but they've always been in way before the door closes. We've gone up several times every evening except for last night when we were out. Glad our daughter thought to go out! Their house is actually closer to the coop than ours. Maybe I should make her our night checker!