Hello,
Looking for some feedback: Yesterday while out free ranging, a bobcat snagged one of our chickens (Nutmeg). We screamed at the cat (we were right there) and it pretty quickly dropped her and ran off, while she took off in the opposite direction at a ridiculous speed. After 45 minutes of looking, we found her hiding under a log in the front of the house. We calmed her down and did a quick check. We didn't see any puncture wounds, just a bit of blood that appeared to be from the feathers being torn out. We sprayed her back with Vetericyn. When we put her back in the run, she seemed to be acting normally, although thoroughly freaked out and warning anyone in earshot to watch out. Within an hour, she was bedded down with everyone else on the top roost bar.
We were supposed to be headed out early this morning to catch a flight across the country (crappy timing, like usual!), but it got cancelled so we are back home. While at the airport, and once the sun came up, we took a look at the video camera, and saw that one of the chickens was still on the roost bar, and looked like she was sitting in the penguin pose. I thought it was most likely one of the other chickens and was egg bound (looked darker than Nutmeg). But when we got home, it turns out that it's Nutmeg.
We've brought her into the house, and she is sitting in the warmth and the dark. We'll give her some time to calm down a bit, then go try to do a more thorough exam. But before we get to that, I'm hoping for some insight into whether it's likely that her posture is due to trauma (psychological OR physical), or if it is really indicative that she is now egg bound as well? Will an incident like that cause them to be egg bound, through some weird psychological egg-preservation nature? We're just trying to figure out what we are dealing with, because our flight is rebooked to tomorrow morning, so we have a limited amount of time to do what we can. I want to make sure that I look for the right things in the limited time that we have.
I should have taken pictures, yes. I thought the video was recording as I watched it (which it used to do), but apparently they have changed their processes. But, fluffed up, tail down, huddled in the corner on the top roost. RLB Wyandotte, will be 2 years old next month.
UPDATE: We were able to locate a small laceration/puncture would on her back, by her tail. Sprayed it with Vetericyn as well. We'll soak her messy butt, but we aren't finding any other obvious injuries. Small bloody spot by her wing and laceration pictures now included, as well as a picture of her standing in her box...
Looking for some feedback: Yesterday while out free ranging, a bobcat snagged one of our chickens (Nutmeg). We screamed at the cat (we were right there) and it pretty quickly dropped her and ran off, while she took off in the opposite direction at a ridiculous speed. After 45 minutes of looking, we found her hiding under a log in the front of the house. We calmed her down and did a quick check. We didn't see any puncture wounds, just a bit of blood that appeared to be from the feathers being torn out. We sprayed her back with Vetericyn. When we put her back in the run, she seemed to be acting normally, although thoroughly freaked out and warning anyone in earshot to watch out. Within an hour, she was bedded down with everyone else on the top roost bar.
We were supposed to be headed out early this morning to catch a flight across the country (crappy timing, like usual!), but it got cancelled so we are back home. While at the airport, and once the sun came up, we took a look at the video camera, and saw that one of the chickens was still on the roost bar, and looked like she was sitting in the penguin pose. I thought it was most likely one of the other chickens and was egg bound (looked darker than Nutmeg). But when we got home, it turns out that it's Nutmeg.
We've brought her into the house, and she is sitting in the warmth and the dark. We'll give her some time to calm down a bit, then go try to do a more thorough exam. But before we get to that, I'm hoping for some insight into whether it's likely that her posture is due to trauma (psychological OR physical), or if it is really indicative that she is now egg bound as well? Will an incident like that cause them to be egg bound, through some weird psychological egg-preservation nature? We're just trying to figure out what we are dealing with, because our flight is rebooked to tomorrow morning, so we have a limited amount of time to do what we can. I want to make sure that I look for the right things in the limited time that we have.
I should have taken pictures, yes. I thought the video was recording as I watched it (which it used to do), but apparently they have changed their processes. But, fluffed up, tail down, huddled in the corner on the top roost. RLB Wyandotte, will be 2 years old next month.
UPDATE: We were able to locate a small laceration/puncture would on her back, by her tail. Sprayed it with Vetericyn as well. We'll soak her messy butt, but we aren't finding any other obvious injuries. Small bloody spot by her wing and laceration pictures now included, as well as a picture of her standing in her box...
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Do it's more or never. I wish it was warmer out
