raccoon attack hens beak chewed off.

[SurferchickinSB]

yes 1/2 hardware cloth on the windows. pulled her through the run fence which is just 2x4? horse/cattle fence. Closed the coop tight for the night. set the trap and guess what not 3 hours later.View attachment 1431624

Yes, great, it hopefully won"t be bothering your flock anymore, but that is just their nature.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

@zinia8 did you see the post of Fuzzy Bum the beakless chicken who has lived for years normally without a beak?

Did you hear about the chicken that lived without a head for years? I couldn't believe that when I saw it!

 

[micstrachan]

@zinia8 what did you decide to do with your girl?

 

[zinia8]

she is still alive and kicking. Found that she has a very large gash above her leg. I have been giving her save a chick water by large dropper. I also gave her asprin to help with the pain and she showed improvement. Need to get to TSC and find some antibotic, I know they have tylan and duramycin both are both injectables and I have no clue on dosage. she is alert and wants to eat but can't. I gave her some watered down hard boiled egg yolk which she enjoyed but she really wanted to eat the egg shell instead. She cannot drink on her own. Biggest obstacle is that I work and I won't be home to get water into her so I may have to wake up really early and try my best to fill her up going to have to get the stuff and try to tube feed her. Her beak is so busted up. I tried to get a good look inside of it but she fights me. I think the tip of her tongue is gone and she still has a lot of swelling. I have been reading some of the other peoples post on broken beaks and ripped off beaks and see the amazing result that people have had gives me some sort of hope...
Trap has been reset again tonight. Had visitors last night but none in the trap.

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad she is still alive and fighting. Have you seen some of the tube feeding threads and videos? I have used aquarium air tubing for fluids and thin foods like yogurt and giving vitamins. Larger proper feeding tubes around 16-18 french, may be necessary for giving KayTee bird feed or finely ground chicken feed mixed with water. Here are some links about tube feeding:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-pics-for-visuals-very-detailed-post.805615/

https://lafeber.com/vet/tube-feeding-birds/

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Wow! That’s a lot of raccoon and opossums!

I have often posted that coons live in colonies of up to 100 individuals which is one reason that it is cruel to relocate a coon into new territory where said coon must fight and whip every coon in the colony before it is accepted into the new territory.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Glad she is still alive and fighting. Have you seen some of the tube feeding threads and videos? I have used aquarium air tubing for fluids and thin foods like yogurt and giving vitamins. Larger proper feeding tubes around 16-18 french, may be necessary for giving KayTee bird feed or finely ground chicken feed mixed with water. Here are some links about tube feeding:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-pics-for-visuals-very-detailed-post.805615/

https://lafeber.com/vet/tube-feeding-birds/

There is no reason to tube feed special food because your hen's teeth are still functioning. If she survives for a few days then she can likely still comfortably live if she can scoop up a chicken mash or pick up pellets. One chicken lived for 2 years minus its head until (I think) a Raccoon finally killed it.

 

[zinia8]

Number 2.
Hen is still alive and kicking. I have been hand feeding her. Got supplies to tube feed which is going to be hard cause I have no help. She fights me just with hand feeding Found another gash up on her wing.

 

[Tesumph]

There is no reason to tube feed special food because your hen's teeth are still functioning. If she survives for a few days then she can likely still comfortably live if she can scoop up a chicken mash or pick up pellets. One chicken lived for 2 years minus its head until (I think) a Raccoon finally killed it.

The famous headless chicken died because it’s owners accidentally aspirated it while manually feeding it. It could not eat on its own.
Tube feeding would absolutely be necessary if the beak’s nerves are exposed, making eating and pecking extremely painful.

 

[Tesumph]

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Number 2.
Hen is still alive and kicking. I have been hand feeding her. Got supplies to tube feed which is going to be hard cause I have no help. She fights me just with hand feeding Found another gash up on her wing.

I find tube feeding to actually be easier than forceful hand feeding. Once the tube is in place, they generally calm down pretty quickly and let their crops be filled. It’s just a matter of making sure they don’t shake their heads and fling the tube out at that point. How is your hen doing?