Hurt Hen. Help!

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Hi everyone! I am at a friends house, and I was clipping mats off the dog, and I heard commotion over in the chicken run. I looked over there, and there was this hen that had her head stuck under a board at the edge of the wire. All the other chickens were crowded around. I hurried over, and shooed the chickens away, and I got the hen out, and she was completely limp, like dead. The only way I knew she wasn't, was that her eyelid quivered, and I could see her body moving with her breathing. I separated her into a cage, in the shade, but she still hasn't woke up in several hours. She is still alive. Lately when I go out, she has bee moving her legs a little when I move her. Her neck is floppy, just like a dead chicken. It looks like the other chickens were pecking on her, because her comb is bleeding, and her neck is pecked at. Any advice would be appreciated! I don't know if she is just like, so scared or traumatized still, or what. I didn't know, or rather, haven't ever experienced an unconscious chicken. Thanks!

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you know if a predator might have grabbed her, or if she got stuck under the board and struggled, or if the injuries are all from being pecked? Is she new or have they all been together for awhile? Chickens will peck at other chickens sometimes if they are sick or dying. She looks very bad or in shock. I would bring her inside in a basket or dog crate, and place her in a dim quiet place. Look her over for pucture wounds or other injuries. If or when she seems more alert, offer her some water or electrolyte water. I would be very worried that she won't make it, but certainly hope she does.

 

[BrandonMcfly]

I'm so sorry that's really bad you should call a poultry vet to come and help her and take her inside for a few days I hope your baby makes it

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Do you know if a predator might have grabbed her, or if she got stuck under the board and struggled, or if the injuries are all from being pecked? Is she new or have they all been together for awhile? Chickens will peck at other chickens sometimes if they are sick or dying. She looks very bad or in shock. I would bring her inside in a basket or dog crate, and place her in a dim quiet place. Look her over for pucture wounds or other injuries. If or when she seems more alert, offer her some water or electrolyte water. I would be very worried that she won't make it, but certainly hope she does.

I don't think a predator got her, because all of them were in the house this morning. Yesterday, I saw all the chickens in one corner, and it seemed like they were perhaps pecking a red one. She is not new. All the chickens have been together for a couple years. If she wakes up a little, I will try giving her some water. Thanks for your help!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I'm so sorry that's really bad you should call a poultry vet to come and help her and take her inside for a few days I hope your baby makes it

I hope she does too!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I went out earlier, and she had died.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Thanks everyone for the help anyway.

 

[Eggcessive]

So sorry for your loss. She may have been ill and they were just picking on her, as chickens unfortunately, sometimes do. If you would refrigerate her body in a plastic bag, you could contact your state vet to look for a cause of death with a necropsy. Take care.