poor girl

[chicken cornman]

My neighbors dog got a hold of my prize winning Rhode Island and ripped out her tail feathers. She is fine but it really does activate me.


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[All Henned Up]

sorry for your troubles
nutrena has a new feed out called feather fixer it might help regrow your girls feathers
Welcome and enjoy!
Steve

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

Happy you joined!

 

[Teri Metcalf]

Greetings from Texas! We have free-range chickens, and the biggest predator problem is neighborhood dogs. Be glad that your redhead only lost her tail feathers, and not her life.

 

[drumstick diva]

was she free ranging? You can't control your neighbor or his dog but, you can build a safe, strong, predator proof run for her - with covered top if need be. Free ranging is always risky unless you have livestock guardian dogs.

 

[Bluebee]

!!! Sorry to hear that she was injured, hope she gets better!

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! Sorry to hear about your neighbor's dog

 

[Henrietta2]

Do chicken tailfeathers grow back? i just saw a video at a wildlife sanctuary where they were actually super gluing tail feathers on a hawk. They were as careful as can be, and a hawk needs tail feathers to fly, and he was later released successfully. I wouldn't do it if the feathers will grow back, but if you want to see it Google "Imping", the term for this.