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Her stance is very similar to the second picture. I've looked over her and I can't find anything, just a patch of missing feathers. She's eaten some more food, had some water, and is moving around more. I think she may have also preened, or at least done something to the feathers on her back(around the missing patch) as it looks different than before. She seems much better, but still very reserved and lethargic.The above photos compare exactly to the timeline for your hen's attack. After you have checked every inch of her for injuries, please let me/us know how she is doing, & if you found any wounds.
She will prob. Not lay eggs for a bit because of the trauma.Awesome!!! So happy for you
I'll do that. We kept her inside this past night to keep an eye on her, and we got her to drink some water and eat some grapes, although we had to hand feed her and she isn't doing much aside from dozing. Do you have any advice on how to get her to eat on her own? ThanksHow is she this morning? You mentioned she wasnt moving around much. I would check her very carefully for any puncture wounds. Puncture wounds are small and dont bleed much, but can be very deep. Part her feathers and examine every inch to make sure she wasnt injured.
Rip Chickpea. We too had a fox attack this past weekend. At first I could only find 6 ( out of 25) of our girls, and one that was left for dead by my garden. As we walked around our house I had 6 different clumps of feathers. Needless to say I thought things were pretty grim. I have not clipped their wings just for this reason. We let them out when we are home, so we can be here to help in this situation but had to run to town quick. Anyhow, as the afternoon progressed and they heard us and our dogs in the yard(I kept walking.in circles around the house and in the woods, car port etc. anywhere I thought they'd hide, little by.little they came out. By sundown I counted 21in the run and 2 that were not wanting to go back in yet. One was pretty badly injured where the fix tried to grab her by the tail. She is healing nicely in a dog crate. We went out and bought some electrified fencing as this seems to happen at least once a season when the baby foxes are learning to hunt...Our first predator attack happened today. We live in a pretty rural area, and we've seen foxes and skunks and our neighbors have told us about bears in the area, but I guess we got lulled into a false sense of security with nothing bad happening to our semi free-range girls. But today they were chased around the house by something(we think a fox) and when we ran outside, Chickpea, our Jubilee Orpington, was missing from the scattered flock. We found a bunch of her feathers a little ways from the house with no other sign of her. I feel so guilty for not being more worried about their safety. She was only a year and a few months. rip Chickpea View attachment 2777915
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Her stance is very similar to the second picture. I've looked over her and I can't find anything, just a patch of missing feathers. She's eaten some more food, had some water, and is moving around more. I think she may have also preened, or at least done something to the feathers on her back(around the missing patch) as it looks different than before. She seems much better, but still very reserved and lethargic.