- Aug 24, 2011
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Hello,
Recently my rooster was attacked by a our neighbor's dog who got out and dug under the fence while our chickens were free-ranging. The dog is trained for hunting and has a soft mouth so when I found the rooster after chasing off the dog, he wasn't bleeding and was still breathing but just he just lay there for a while. After a few minutes he started looking around and his breathing became less labored and about ten minutes after chasing off the dog, the dog came back and was just walking through the yard. Upon hearing the jingle of its collar, the rooster jumped up and sprinted up to the coop and was able to get there and jump up onto a roosting pole without any trouble and he seemed fine so I stayed for a little bit to make sure nothing changed and he seemed fine and he ate some food from my hand and drank some water. It has since been a week and now the rooster has stopped sleeping in the old bookshelf where he normally does and is instead sleeping on the ground. Whenever I go into the coop after night has fallen, one of the hens jumps down and stands between me and the rooster making noises and doesn't move and pecks me if I go near the rooster. I am worried that the rooster is injured although he walks without trouble. Any ideas on what might be wrong and what I should do to help him would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
-Seth Dolin
Recently my rooster was attacked by a our neighbor's dog who got out and dug under the fence while our chickens were free-ranging. The dog is trained for hunting and has a soft mouth so when I found the rooster after chasing off the dog, he wasn't bleeding and was still breathing but just he just lay there for a while. After a few minutes he started looking around and his breathing became less labored and about ten minutes after chasing off the dog, the dog came back and was just walking through the yard. Upon hearing the jingle of its collar, the rooster jumped up and sprinted up to the coop and was able to get there and jump up onto a roosting pole without any trouble and he seemed fine so I stayed for a little bit to make sure nothing changed and he seemed fine and he ate some food from my hand and drank some water. It has since been a week and now the rooster has stopped sleeping in the old bookshelf where he normally does and is instead sleeping on the ground. Whenever I go into the coop after night has fallen, one of the hens jumps down and stands between me and the rooster making noises and doesn't move and pecks me if I go near the rooster. I am worried that the rooster is injured although he walks without trouble. Any ideas on what might be wrong and what I should do to help him would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
-Seth Dolin
