Animalfisherwoman
Songster
- Aug 11, 2018
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Two of my hens got hit with a raccoon around mother's day. One survived. I nurtured her along with cottage cheese, soft mash after I saw her beak was gone. Observed that the other girls didn't seem to really bully her, not even in a feeding situation.
I made her coop with the other ones tonight. She didn't really want to, but what could they really do to her? I've never seen anything other than a couple of pecks.
At 3:15 a.m. our next-door neighbor called. He had heard her first, this chicken screaming. She had a wound that looked close to what I have seen inflicted by a dog. There were no predators in the coop. The predators had to be the other chickens.
There was no hope other than to end her suffering. SO did that.
I couldn't even look at the other ones letting them out today. No extra treats. Stay off the porch. I don't really care if you lay anything or not.
It could be the emotionalism of the moment, but nah I don't see myself getting more chickens. The six I got will live as long as they live, and they won't be replaced.
I'm burned out.
I made her coop with the other ones tonight. She didn't really want to, but what could they really do to her? I've never seen anything other than a couple of pecks.
At 3:15 a.m. our next-door neighbor called. He had heard her first, this chicken screaming. She had a wound that looked close to what I have seen inflicted by a dog. There were no predators in the coop. The predators had to be the other chickens.
There was no hope other than to end her suffering. SO did that.
I couldn't even look at the other ones letting them out today. No extra treats. Stay off the porch. I don't really care if you lay anything or not.
It could be the emotionalism of the moment, but nah I don't see myself getting more chickens. The six I got will live as long as they live, and they won't be replaced.
I'm burned out.