Rooster Has Been Attacked

[PippinTheChicken]

Is Elvis okay?

 

[thenovicehen]

Is Elvis okay?

He is fine! I believe it may have been my chihuahua that got a hold of him… probably over a scrap of food. He had no lacerations or puncture wounds, but half his feathers were violently plucked, a small patch of skin too. His body was pretty bruised from it as well. I hope his feathers come back before it gets cold here (mid November-ish in central Texas). His ego is as strong as ever.

 

[thenovicehen]

His little tail feathers are broken off and I think he’s causing the a few to bleed when he goes for his preening gland. It’s wet with vetericyn hydrogel. The area under his wing where the skin tore has healed.