Help! Silkie chickens one dead and one badly injured !!

[MK02026]

This morning around 4 am let my silkies out of their nesting area as you can see it has a small door on one side of the coop for them to free range and have more space most of the time they freely roam our yard but lately we have been seeing lots of hawk and skunks and as well opossums lurking around so we tend to keep them enclosed. We have two roosters and 3 hens unfortunately when I heard few hours later some commotion with the roosters crowing unusually I went outside to check and one of the hens were killed and eaten right inside the black gates fenced part what ever it was put a big fight pretty much head and insides gone no blood at all which I find it odd. And my other very badly injured rooster had its comb nearly taken off bloody and on its back is literally mauled off i am not sure of survival rate I have taken him inside to clean the areas off and bandage him and have him in a heated area he was wet and cold from the rain it seems like a 20% survival there is none veterinary opened I wanted to at least try at least help it to survive if the poor thing survives its injuries if anyone can please give me some advice on what can I do to help clean and heal the wounds so far I have cleaned it with water and added some hydrogen peroxide around the wounds and put some Neosporin and covered with some gauze and wrapped him in a blanket I’m going to attached photos if anyone can also give me an idea on what could of attacked my chickens thanks !

 

[Sara S]

Ohno im so so so sorry about your babies. As for the cleaning you did great. I don’t think it needs to be covered if he’s not picking at it. It may have been a raccoon or the head was gone, or maybe a weasel but I’m not so sure. good luck though

 

[cmom]

I have large covered pens with electric wires around my coops and pens and concrete under the gates all due to losses in the past. I also have several game cameras to see what's lurking. Most of the predators here roam at night. Good luck...
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