Please help!

[alinas2010]

A little better I think. I still can't get her to eat, I'm going to try giving her yogurt later. one of her eyes opened half way, so that's good!

She may not be interested in food until she can see, sometimes that makes all the difference.

Sometimes a friend makes a difference, too. Is she around other chickens or inside alone with you? If she is separated, do you have a docile chicken she was friends with that could come around for a supervised visit for a few minutes? Try feeding her and the friend together and see if she’ll follow suit and eat with the friend.

 

[Tasmin Kalida]

She may not be interested in food until she can see, sometimes that makes all the difference.

Sometimes a friend makes a difference, too. Is she around other chickens or inside alone with you? If she is separated, do you have a docile chicken she was friends with that could come around for a supervised visit for a few minutes? Try feeding her and the friend together and see if she’ll follow suit and eat with the friend.

She is by herself in a garage. I will try putting another chicken with her for a little bit, now that I know that it was probably that opossum and not the other chickens picking on her, I feel like that's a good idea!

 

[alinas2010]

She is by herself in a garage. I will try putting another chicken with her for a little bit, now that I know that it was probably that opossum and not the other chickens picking on her, I feel like that's a good idea!

Just be sure to supervise their visit bc even if it wasn’t pecking initially, her wounds or wounded temperament might attract pecking. Some chickens are brutal and want to kill off weaker chickens.

 

[Tasmin Kalida]

Update:
She is basically doing the same, I've been able to feed her a little yogurt and water, but hardly any. Her eyes are still closed. Putting a chicken in with her didn't help. At this point, I don't know what else to try

 

[alinas2010]

I’m so sorry to hear that. Do you have some updated pictures of her eyes? Did her eyes open any More? And other wounds? How do you feel about tube feeding?

 

[Farmgirl1878]

Try some scrambled eggs, some kitten chow (the soft stuff), sardines, tuna, or just some scratch or mealworms. Keep going with the supplemented water (sugar, probiotics, Rooster Booster, whatever she will drink). I hope she starts perking up!

 

[Eggcessive]

If you have room in your coop, you could separate in a crate there where she could be with her flock. Some birds will eat better. Human vitamin B complex 1/4 tablet or some chicken vitamins may help her appetite.

 

[Sondraa]

Healing from trauma takes time. You are doing a great job. You really are. Just get some calories and electrolytes into her. You have got this.

 

[Sondraa]

Having said that....you are there with her. We are not. If your instincts tell you it's time to give her a peaceful end, no one will judge you. It's difficult, I know.

 

[Tasmin Kalida]

I’m so sorry to hear that. Do you have some updated pictures of her eyes? Did her eyes open any More? And other wounds? How do you feel about tube feeding?

I will get a picture tomorrow, one eye maybe opened a tiny bit more. no other wounds that I know of. about tube feeding, I'm only 15 and I don't know if my dad would help me with that (he is not a big bird fan!) I'm hoping she will gain her appetite back soon!