Hen-Pecked, Literally

[bionic_chicken]

Betsy, the 4 week-old Australorp (whose life I saved!) pecked me square in the eye. Needless to say, I am POed at her. I will refill my antibiotic drops when the pharmacy opens in the morning. And she climbed up onto my shoulder all sweetie chick-like...

 

[amystours]

Maybe she just liked the "shinyness" of it.....she might have thought you brought her something to play with! One of my Wyandottes pecked me in the tooth when I was holding her and laughing at something someone had said....took me quite by surprise!!!!!!

 

[CarriBrown]

Yeah... watch your eyeballs. They seem to attract beaks!

 

[bionic_chicken]

...ohhhhhhh, I still love her...the little meanie! *insert one-eyed emoticon here*

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

Wow. I thought you were going to say somebody pecked your hen...hope your eye is ok.

 

[CarriBrown]

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[LuckysMom]

Ouch! Poor thing! The same thing happened to my daughter. But she wasn't hurt, just scared her.
Hope you are okay, that's really scary. :aww

 

[bionic_chicken]

Thanks. Vision is blurry. I'm sure it's a scratch type-thing. I'm going to use antibiotic drops to prevent infection. It's just so frustrating to have a blurry eye when you're used to 20/20! She got me right in the iris. I think she was aiming for the pretty black pupil! Why'd ya do it, Betsy, why???

 

[bionic_chicken]

Carri!!! The one-eyed emoticon!!!! Hilarious!!! That's me, that's me!!!

 

[chickbea]

Ooooh! Naughty girl! I've had them go for my sunglasses before, but never my eye...I hope you recover quickly.
No treats for that naughty hen for a week or more, I'd say!