Hi All, Madge my red golden sextet survived. I had to cull my white Spotty, it was an experience that was heart wrenching, but necessary, she way dying and in pain.
Attached is Madge as of today. She is a chick with 9 lives. I swear by that Underwood Horse medicine and the oxytetracycline antibiotic shots I gave her for a week to ward off infection. She was messed up from her neck all the way around to in front of her chest- Badly. Miricle
Anyways Madge pre attack, Madge had depth perception issued, or partial to full blindness in 1 eye- these were issues already in play BEFORE the dog attack, and could fly up high to perch like the other girls.,so always a bit of outcast. She was picked on occasionally by the other girls but she held her own. They were all raised together from chicks up which I believe is why. So now that Madge is ready to get back in coop and be with them. The head hen, Blondie is not on board with that. I have had Madge in dog crate for 1 week and decided to let her mingle for a few to see what might happen. Within 2 min Blondie attacked her. I shooed Blondie away and she came right back 2 more times, so madge is back in the dog crate but still in coop with others.
Madge is not able to defend herself like a 2 healthy eyed chicken, so I'm not sure what to do.
Either
1. Blonde is showing her dominance, (as Spotty the white hen that I had to cull was the leader prior to attack)and placing Madge, (a new threat) in pecking order.
Or
2. She sees Madge is weak and no help to the flock so she want to kill her instead of letting her back in.
Do they even remember her? Its been a little over a month.
I would like to get suggestions on what to do?
Will I need to leave Madge in the dog crate indefinitely? Did I try to soon?
I also just got 4 chicks yesterday that I will need to introduce into flock after they are full size, but that won't be for awhile. They are in garage under heat lamp right now. Once they are big enough I will bring them out to the coop in dog crate to acclimate to the flock. But that's down the road. Any input on that would be helpful on how to do that as well though and will they attack Madge?