BadChicknMath02
Chirping
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So, I was with my mom and sister in our backyard taking care of our horse's hoof while my dad mowed the tall grass. All of our chickens were out running around and keeping from the mower.. (We have three coops and more than one rooster in each coop with double the amount of hens.)
One of our smaller roosters, Dimitri, had gone into one of the other coops where our two roosters we hatched as chicks a few months ago were. Their names are Kitkat and Snickers..
Dimitri and Kitkat began to fight while we were tending to our horse. My sister pointed it out, and we just kinda shrugged it off because usually our roosters "fight"(which is just frilling of the neck feathers, maybe a few hops, no actual attacks or wounds. Never had to step in until today..) and then walk away and go on about their business.
Kitkat had his attention on Dimitri, and it seemed to be going as our usual "fights" we see. We continued to doctor our horse's hoof, thinking they would stop eventually. They didn't.
Both Kitkat and Snickers chased Dimitri out of the coop. Dimitri had stopped at the front of the coop and turned to go back to attacking. Kitkat and him began to fight again. My sister, again, pointed it out, and everyone looked. My dad was watching as he mowed, but my mom and I were trying to clean the hoof still. My sister wanted to go break them up, but we needed her to hold the horse still.
They continued to fight and jump onto each other, which I now became worried and watched for signs of it stopping. At this point, I knew I should have acted sooner (so, do NOT bash me, please). We turned for a second and then all of a sudden my sister told us they were still fighting and my mom looked up and seen Kitkat standing over Dimitri, who was on the ground. My dad seen this and threw a stick at them, which broke them up, but my mom was already running over and smacked Dimitri with a stick (not too hard, she doesnt like to hurt animals) and she smacked Kitkat (which she said, not too hard either).
Kitkat flopped onto the ground right after she smacked him and began to flail wildly. I rushed over in pure panic of my chicken- my mom assumed she broke his neck and began to freak out aswell. I picked him up and his body was still in full panic, but his neck was limp and he was unable to hold it up. His eyes were closed. I was frantic, afraid of losing my beloved rooster.
He thankfully did NOT die within seconds, as feared he would if his neck was broke. He laid on the ground and I stroked his feathers. He was still breathing, his comb and wattles bleeding which covered the palm of my hand. After a few minutes of stroking, Snickers came over and began to talk to him. Kitkat's eyes opened and his pupils were large- I knew he was in shock. He still couldnt move his head like normal, so I was holding it up for him. Snickers was concerned and was chirping and clucking, which caused Kitkat to perk up a bit, but he was still in major shock.
We brought him inside and laid him on a really fluffy dog bed we own. He is currently on it aswell as a towel. We have syringe-fed him water and sugar water. He is still breathing and will twitch his head every now and then, but just wants to rest. I assume he is just badly in shock, and I'm worried if he will make it through the night or not.
Does anyone know what could possibly have happened? Was he so full of adrenaline from fighting Dimitri that when my mom smacked him with the stick, he freaked out too much? Could she possibly have knocked him out accidentally, and his body still been moving? Did she paralyze him?
We would really like to know if my roo will be okay. We love him dearly, and since we hatched him from an egg and raised him, he is one that is very dear to our hearts.
Please note that our roosters dont fight all the time. They have grown up with most of them and together, and have not gotten any true desire to fight full on. Kitkat and Snickers definitely would not have full-blown fought anyone unless they felt their flock was endangered or felt another rooster was a true threat. Dimitri is one of our problem roos, and lives up to his name. He is always the sh*tstarter, as we call him, and we WILL be rehoming him.
So, I was with my mom and sister in our backyard taking care of our horse's hoof while my dad mowed the tall grass. All of our chickens were out running around and keeping from the mower.. (We have three coops and more than one rooster in each coop with double the amount of hens.)
One of our smaller roosters, Dimitri, had gone into one of the other coops where our two roosters we hatched as chicks a few months ago were. Their names are Kitkat and Snickers..
Dimitri and Kitkat began to fight while we were tending to our horse. My sister pointed it out, and we just kinda shrugged it off because usually our roosters "fight"(which is just frilling of the neck feathers, maybe a few hops, no actual attacks or wounds. Never had to step in until today..) and then walk away and go on about their business.
Kitkat had his attention on Dimitri, and it seemed to be going as our usual "fights" we see. We continued to doctor our horse's hoof, thinking they would stop eventually. They didn't.
Both Kitkat and Snickers chased Dimitri out of the coop. Dimitri had stopped at the front of the coop and turned to go back to attacking. Kitkat and him began to fight again. My sister, again, pointed it out, and everyone looked. My dad was watching as he mowed, but my mom and I were trying to clean the hoof still. My sister wanted to go break them up, but we needed her to hold the horse still.
They continued to fight and jump onto each other, which I now became worried and watched for signs of it stopping. At this point, I knew I should have acted sooner (so, do NOT bash me, please). We turned for a second and then all of a sudden my sister told us they were still fighting and my mom looked up and seen Kitkat standing over Dimitri, who was on the ground. My dad seen this and threw a stick at them, which broke them up, but my mom was already running over and smacked Dimitri with a stick (not too hard, she doesnt like to hurt animals) and she smacked Kitkat (which she said, not too hard either).
Kitkat flopped onto the ground right after she smacked him and began to flail wildly. I rushed over in pure panic of my chicken- my mom assumed she broke his neck and began to freak out aswell. I picked him up and his body was still in full panic, but his neck was limp and he was unable to hold it up. His eyes were closed. I was frantic, afraid of losing my beloved rooster.
He thankfully did NOT die within seconds, as feared he would if his neck was broke. He laid on the ground and I stroked his feathers. He was still breathing, his comb and wattles bleeding which covered the palm of my hand. After a few minutes of stroking, Snickers came over and began to talk to him. Kitkat's eyes opened and his pupils were large- I knew he was in shock. He still couldnt move his head like normal, so I was holding it up for him. Snickers was concerned and was chirping and clucking, which caused Kitkat to perk up a bit, but he was still in major shock.
We brought him inside and laid him on a really fluffy dog bed we own. He is currently on it aswell as a towel. We have syringe-fed him water and sugar water. He is still breathing and will twitch his head every now and then, but just wants to rest. I assume he is just badly in shock, and I'm worried if he will make it through the night or not.
Does anyone know what could possibly have happened? Was he so full of adrenaline from fighting Dimitri that when my mom smacked him with the stick, he freaked out too much? Could she possibly have knocked him out accidentally, and his body still been moving? Did she paralyze him?
We would really like to know if my roo will be okay. We love him dearly, and since we hatched him from an egg and raised him, he is one that is very dear to our hearts.
Please note that our roosters dont fight all the time. They have grown up with most of them and together, and have not gotten any true desire to fight full on. Kitkat and Snickers definitely would not have full-blown fought anyone unless they felt their flock was endangered or felt another rooster was a true threat. Dimitri is one of our problem roos, and lives up to his name. He is always the sh*tstarter, as we call him, and we WILL be rehoming him.