Bluebubblepuppy
In the Brooder
- Jan 16, 2022
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Hello everyone im new to the forum but I'll try to give a quick recap of the situation. So we live in the suburbs and predators arent common in our area we had a small flock of 5 hens for years (8 years to be exact) and not ever had issues with predators. So for awhile we had 8 hens and 2 turkeys. Theyre all pets ranging in ages with the oldest hen being 8 years old and the 3 youngest hens being under a year. Out of no where we lost 3 hens, one of them,a special needs hen (blind) her body was completely dismembered but the only thing the raccoons ate was the brain and organs. The other 2 hens were gone completely. Anyway this kept going on and currently we're down to 3 hens and the turkey's. 2 nights ago I had just gotten home from the store and had a feeling in my stomach. I ran back to the backyard and a raccoon was trying to get to the chickens. Since we had secured everything and he wasn't able to get to the door as it had been it reached its arms thru a crack and grabbed one of the hens. I saw it just an time and the raccoons ran off. But the hen got hurt pretty bad he got a chunk of her head and she has claw marks down her neck. This is our oldest hen (8 years) and shes doing better from when I 1st got to her that night but just worried if she'll survive long term as I think her brain could be possibly exposed. Shes currently staying in my room on some towels. Its warm in here and have been feeding her various foods(her normal crumble, vegetables that have been pulsed, eggshells, mealworms,act.) Any advice would be greatly appreciatedPs. Lucy has gashes on her neck as well but couldnt get any clear pictures of that .