My rooster pretty boy was hurt by something

[Project Blue]

People keep in mind, chickens have been domesticated long before the pet/feed industry took over convincing the world you HAVE to buy from them or you're neglectful. I would blame the dog, not a hawk for two reasons. It's very unlikely a wild animal would attack with the dog in the yard and some dogs are smart enough to know biting chickens is wrong and will not do this in front of their owners. We had a killer Great Pyrenees in our neighborhood. He killed mainly on Sundays when everyone was at church. This dog did in a whole flock of chickens, a flock of sheep, maimed a dog, and killed 1 cow. Everyone was blaming coyotes until he got caught in the act several times. As soon as a person showed up he'd bolt. So he knew he was doing wrong.

 

[RedHillChicken]

my birds are pretty healthy and lay a lot of good eggs
I give them things like tomato's ,cold slaw , solider fly lava and boiled corn my neighbor gives them table scraps as well
if this was protein it should have been noticeable by now

Pretty boy was a pretty healthy rooster
this has to be something else
and it does not explain the blood spot on his back

Snake bite?

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[CharlesnBlue]

People keep in mind, chickens have been domesticated long before the pet/feed industry took over convincing the world you HAVE to buy from them or you're neglectful. I would blame the dog, not a hawk for two reasons. It's very unlikely a wild animal would attack with the dog in the yard and some dogs are smart enough to know biting chickens is wrong and will not do this in front of their owners. We had a killer Great Pyrenees in our neighborhood. He killed mainly on Sundays when everyone was at church. This dog did in a whole flock of chickens, a flock of sheep, maimed a dog, and killed 1 cow. Everyone was blaming coyotes until he got caught in the act several times. As soon as a person showed up he'd bolt. So he knew he was doing wrong.

I have left Mr. Blue out side with the chickens before some times for half a day
he's pretty chill with them
might try to play with them a little bit and some mild chasing but he's never attacked one

 

[CharlesnBlue]

Snake bite?

never thought of that
have killed a copperhead in my pen
and found a king snake
I let him be