Puppy attacks pullet and ripped the feathers out of her back but she's still alive.

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If she is walking and has no open wounds, just missing feathers, I would place her back with the flock. I have used BluKote to spray bare spots where feathers are missing. It wears off in a few weeks.

We also had a bird dog of ours chase and hurt 3 pullets who flew up and over our chain link fence that kept the chickens out of our backyard. The third one died, and we had ordered a shock collar to train her, so we used it on her once with the body lying in the yard. Just that one time, he learned to avoid the chickens. He also taught the other 2 dogs to avoid the chicken. Later we had 5 chickens who lived in the backyard coop, and they would free range for several years among the dogs with no injuries. However dogs should never be trusted with chicks. We had a new 2 week old get through our poultry netting and w as immediately killed by a dog who did not bother adult chickens. It is asking too much to trust them with little ones.
 
Eggcessive said:
If she is walking and has no open wounds, just missing feathers, I would place her back with the flock. I have used BluKote to spray bare spots where feathers are missing. It wears off in a few weeks.

We also had a bird dog of ours chase and hurt 3 pullets who flew up and over our chain link fence that kept the chickens out of our backyard. The third one died, and we had ordered a shock collar to train her, so we used it on her once with the body lying in the yard. Just that one time, he learned to avoid the chickens. He also taught the other 2 dogs to avoid the chicken. Later we had 5 chickens who lived in the backyard coop, and they would free range for several years among the dogs with no injuries. However dogs should never be trusted with chicks. We had a new 2 week old get through our poultry netting and w as immediately killed by a dog who did not bother adult chickens. It is asking too much to trust them with little ones.
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I second the shock collar. I know a lot of people do not like them, and I get that. My best friend lost 10 chickens at once to her dog, who is otherwise an amazing boy. She tried the collar as a last ditch effort, and it worked like magic. The dog can now be outside when the chickens are and he hasn't shown interest since. Her collar goes from level 1 through like 120, and she's got it set to 3. She used it on her own hands and said she barely felt it, so she was comfortable putting it on the dog.
 
Cheeks is walking around and talking to me when I go to the living room. I'm concerned about the bare spots attracting flies or even worse mice and even Whiner. I'm content with having her in the house for a while. She'll join the rest of the girls after I get the run secured and a shock collar on Whiner. I wonder if a shock collar could change the attitude of a drake 😂
 
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Cheeks is walking around and talking to me when I go to the living room. I'm concerned about the bare spots attracting flies or even worse mice and even Whiner. I'm content with having her in the house for a while. She'll join the rest of the girls after I get the run secured and a shock collar on Whiner. I wonder if a shock collar could change the attitude of a drake 😂
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I'm so glad she's doing better!

Haha got an attitudinal one, huh?
 
I'm sorry about Cheeks. It sounds like she is improving so that's great.

You're correct to keep her inside until she heals because fly strike is an issue and can be fatal.

I don't know anything about a Husky/Pyr mix - we have a Pyrenees but it is a pure bred. He is excellent with the chickens and is in total protect mode when out with them, however, due to his speed and agility and their erratic behavior when alarmed, we don't want any unintentional accidents like his leg injuring one of them when running by if they choose to fly in his direction. Even I won't step in front of that locomotive. Therefore, we are out at all times when he is out with them or even when the chickens are out without him. Too many things can go wrong with chickens as we all know and we're not willing to take that chance given the investment of time, energy and money. It means we are outside a large percentage of the time.
Guardian dogs have a high prey drive as it is. We don't use a shock collar, never needed it. Do I trust him? Yes. Implicitly? No; he is just a dog. We didn't release him to the chickens until they grew larger. He didn't seem to like them when they were smaller and younger.
Many people trust their dogs with their chickens but there is always that risk and that one time.........
 
Bawkbok said:
I'm sorry about Cheeks. It sounds like she is improving so that's great.

You're correct to keep her inside until she heals because fly strike is an issue and can be fatal.

I don't know anything about a Husky/Pyr mix - we have a Pyrenees but it is a pure bred. He is excellent with the chickens and is in total protect mode when out with them, however, due to his speed and agility and their erratic behavior when alarmed, we don't want any unintentional accidents like his leg injuring one of them when running by if they choose to fly in his direction. Even I won't step in front of that locomotive. Therefore, we are out at all times when he is out with them or even when the chickens are out without him. Too many things can go wrong with chickens as we all know and we're not willing to take that chance given the investment of time, energy and money. It means we are outside a large percentage of the time.
Guardian dogs have a high prey drive as it is. We don't use a shock collar, never needed it. Do I trust him? Yes. Implicitly? No; he is just a dog. We didn't release him to the chickens until they grew larger. He didn't seem to like them when they were smaller and younger.
Many people trust their dogs with their chickens but there is always that risk and that one time.........
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She's definitely improving. I didn't know that he would be aggressive towards them because after the ducks got startled and they flew out and in his direction he just left them alone but now he's being watched like a hawk about to get some prey. I know that she wants to be out with her flock mates however I'm just not willing to take a chance on her life to be safe from her surroundings. She's eating drinking and letting me pet her so yes she's going to be fine but I am just so paranoid about infections. I have been since I was a kid.
 
I've read in similar circumstances you don't want to let the wound dry out so applying triple antibiotic without pain relief or honey to the wound will help it stay moist. Assuming you cleaned it with Hibiclens or saline solution to remove any dirt or debris? You'll want to watch for signs of infection so the ointment will help with that. Ensure there is no pain relief in the triple antibiotic / neosporin ointment as that is toxic to chickens.
 

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