sakerobot
Chirping
On July 3rd, I went to close the chickens and heard a commotion. When I got to the older hens' yard, I saw a raccoon climbing up a pine tree with one of our Buff Orpingtons. Somehow I caused the raccoon to panic and fall off the tree, dropping the hen, after which he fled back up the tree. The hen was laying there not moving, I petted her head and she moved. We brought her in and afterwards I harassed the raccoon with a slingshot and pebbles through two trees and well over an hour. The next day we fixed the electrical wire that had been off for a couple weeks due to us expanding the yard - from now on we'll be making sure the electricity is on every night.
The hen spent the first night in our basement, she was very immobile until we brought her out into a secluded area with the other Buff Orpington, the two of them have been close since the start of the flock, and the other Orpington (Jessica) was making some very unusual noises, almost like wailing, until she got to see the injured hen (henceforth Tsunade).
Tsunade lost many feathers, has a number of bruises, and some small scars. She has been sleeping in the big coop the last couple nights - she can't roost on the bar because one wing hurts, so she has been using the corner. During the day she walks around, she gets out of the coop and back into it, but spends a lot of time sitting under the coop of the smaller chickens. We see her drinking water every day, and she is also outputting correctly, and no eggs as would be expected. Right now our temperatures are hitting 90, which has been tough for her.
In the evening we check her scars, apply ointment, and offer her a sliced up boiled egg, of which she takes a number of liberal bites. She currently can't scratch on her own and only pecks at the scratch grain a little bit.
Main question is just what kind of food / appealing snacks that are nutritious that we can offer her while she is recovering from this?
The hen spent the first night in our basement, she was very immobile until we brought her out into a secluded area with the other Buff Orpington, the two of them have been close since the start of the flock, and the other Orpington (Jessica) was making some very unusual noises, almost like wailing, until she got to see the injured hen (henceforth Tsunade).
Tsunade lost many feathers, has a number of bruises, and some small scars. She has been sleeping in the big coop the last couple nights - she can't roost on the bar because one wing hurts, so she has been using the corner. During the day she walks around, she gets out of the coop and back into it, but spends a lot of time sitting under the coop of the smaller chickens. We see her drinking water every day, and she is also outputting correctly, and no eggs as would be expected. Right now our temperatures are hitting 90, which has been tough for her.
In the evening we check her scars, apply ointment, and offer her a sliced up boiled egg, of which she takes a number of liberal bites. She currently can't scratch on her own and only pecks at the scratch grain a little bit.
Main question is just what kind of food / appealing snacks that are nutritious that we can offer her while she is recovering from this?
