dgivens
Chirping
We have had six araucana hens for the last year and a half and have done pretty well with them. Sadly, we lost our first two nights ago to what we think was a weasel. When I went to get the girls out this morning I see that several of three of them are newly injured. Pretty significant wounds on the head for two of them and the third looks pretty rough all over, having lost a lot of feathers. After observing them for a while, I'm wondering if these wounds came from each other. Our hen that was killed the other night was clearly one of, if not the, leader of their group. Is this normal? Are they reestablishing some kind of pecking order or is something else going on? Also is the wound in my attached pictures serious enough that it needs to be taken care of more than cleaning and some antibiotic ointment? We are very concerned and any advice would be much appreciated.
pictures:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fhpc6m2wnry1hht/IMG_9439.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yzn7rtol5y9ild0/IMG_9434.JPG?dl=0
pictures:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fhpc6m2wnry1hht/IMG_9439.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yzn7rtol5y9ild0/IMG_9434.JPG?dl=0
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