First let me say this: I feel HORRIBLE. Just absolutely beside myself.
I was walking our new dog this morning. He's never been aggressive, just playful. We were in a hurry this morning and my husband couldn't walk him, so I did, and while I was out I decided to feed and water the flock. I was holding the dog by the collar/leash outside the coop and reaching in to grab the food container; the dog was struggling with me, trying to get in the run, and his collar unsnapped.
He attacked my Bantam Silkie and my two RIRs, all three in under a minute. I was finally able to pull him by the neck and drag him out of the run. I went back to the coop after putting him up, dragging him the entire way because he wanted the chickens, and I watched my Silkie flap around a time or two then die. She was one of my babies. I am so upset with myself.
That said, my RIR hen seems okay, just really shaken up. My RIR roo is shaken up but limping a little bit. Where he usually rules the roost and walks around trying to intimidate everyone, he's just been sitting. I don't know if he's still scared or what.
I don't have a local vet that will work on chickens. What should I do? My husband wants to just kill the roo and I'm pleading with him not to.
I was walking our new dog this morning. He's never been aggressive, just playful. We were in a hurry this morning and my husband couldn't walk him, so I did, and while I was out I decided to feed and water the flock. I was holding the dog by the collar/leash outside the coop and reaching in to grab the food container; the dog was struggling with me, trying to get in the run, and his collar unsnapped.
He attacked my Bantam Silkie and my two RIRs, all three in under a minute. I was finally able to pull him by the neck and drag him out of the run. I went back to the coop after putting him up, dragging him the entire way because he wanted the chickens, and I watched my Silkie flap around a time or two then die. She was one of my babies. I am so upset with myself.
That said, my RIR hen seems okay, just really shaken up. My RIR roo is shaken up but limping a little bit. Where he usually rules the roost and walks around trying to intimidate everyone, he's just been sitting. I don't know if he's still scared or what.
I don't have a local vet that will work on chickens. What should I do? My husband wants to just kill the roo and I'm pleading with him not to.
