Predator attack

[City Farmer Jim]

The first night of the attack she was easy to catch and after a night in the Chicken ER she gave me a very wide birth and ultimately I had to let her spend the night in the coop with the rest of the girls. Our present coop isn't designed for easily removing a girl from the perch BUT the next one will be. I caught her this morning with a medium amount of chasing her. She seems to like the warm baths. The rest of the flock doesn't seem interested in her wound and mostly stood face to face and murmured back and forth with her and then walked away.

 

[aart]

If you can't easily catch her I'd leave her in the crate....
...but put crate out in run or range area for change of scenery and to visit with the flock.

 

[City Farmer Jim]

I don't have any pictures(yet) of Daffodils vent wound healing BUT if she wasn't missing(we trimmed) her fuzzy behind feathers you almost can't see where she was injured. She has healed very well. I think she may be trying to lay...I will try to put the trail cam in the coop to see if she is. She has her normal(I'm telling the world) egg song ish but may be trying to hurry the rest of the girls to lay and get out of the coop lol. THANK YOU all for the awesome advice and support with this predator attack issue...she is one tough bird in a good way.

 

[aart]

I don't have any pictures(yet) of Daffodils vent wound healing BUT if she wasn't missing(we trimmed) her fuzzy behind feathers you almost can't see where she was injured. She has healed very well.

GreatNews!

 

[City Farmer Jim]

We appreciate all the wisdom and knowledge that everyone here offers at the time it is needed most...Thank you Thank you THANK YOU

 

[City Farmer Jim]

I was finally able to get my hands on her Daffodil, the hen that survived the predator attack and was able to hold her still long enough to get these pictures. She wasn't having any of the bath time so could clean her up today...I think she has had about all of .my handling her she can stand.
Im not her favorite person ever if I have treats in my hand.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am glad that she healed and doing well. Thanks for the update.

 

[City Farmer Jim]

Its hard to see but all appears to be healed except for the top of the vent..not sure she will be able to lay eggs again but she is in the coop with sounds like an egg song...so who knows

 

[City Farmer Jim]

I am a very thankful BYC member...the advice everyone here has given me on how to care for the vent wound has paid off ...Daffodil the vent damaged hen laid an egg today I THINK being its not possible as far as I know for a chicken to lay 2 egg in 1 day we have a 9 EGG DAY we have 4 hens and 5 pullets THANK YOU SO MUCH.