crimsonlyger
Chirping
- Apr 11, 2023
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Unfortunately an introduction went wrong this evening. We have a semi aggressive olive egger hen who has been a bit of a bully to other chickens. There has been some light feather pulling and chasing but I've never seen her this aggressive before.
Tonight after a few days of being in a separate coop alongside the larger run we introduced three 6 week old silkies to the flock. We've done a handful of introductions like this before and never had any issues. After coming back outside I found the larger olive egger standing on and stomping/kicking the blue silkie. The silkie was limp when I picked it up but is still breathing. It had a bunch of it's head and neck feathers pulled and had some light bleeding but no obvious larger wounds. I treated those with bluekote. I immediately isolated it into a clean box with a heat lamp appropriately positioned away from it. Eyes are intact but it refuses to open them (opened them myself to check, it looked at me but then closed them immediately again) Not chirping or talking when I touch it. Won't stand on it's own or move. We have water/food in the box but it hasn't moved for either.
Been about two hours since the initial attack. Does this sound like shock or something worse? I don't see any other swelling or obvious wounds. I'm worried that it could have internal injuries but I'm not sure what to look for to determine this. Any experienced chicken docs and their advice would be appreciated.
Tonight after a few days of being in a separate coop alongside the larger run we introduced three 6 week old silkies to the flock. We've done a handful of introductions like this before and never had any issues. After coming back outside I found the larger olive egger standing on and stomping/kicking the blue silkie. The silkie was limp when I picked it up but is still breathing. It had a bunch of it's head and neck feathers pulled and had some light bleeding but no obvious larger wounds. I treated those with bluekote. I immediately isolated it into a clean box with a heat lamp appropriately positioned away from it. Eyes are intact but it refuses to open them (opened them myself to check, it looked at me but then closed them immediately again) Not chirping or talking when I touch it. Won't stand on it's own or move. We have water/food in the box but it hasn't moved for either.
Been about two hours since the initial attack. Does this sound like shock or something worse? I don't see any other swelling or obvious wounds. I'm worried that it could have internal injuries but I'm not sure what to look for to determine this. Any experienced chicken docs and their advice would be appreciated.