- Jul 6, 2014
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Hi,
I am new to chicken keeping.
I started out over a month ago with 6 chickens who were saved from battery cages.
They live in a 6x2 meter run and are allowed to roam the yard occasionally.
Yesterday we came home to find a dead chicken in the yard who had somehow escape and automatically assumed it was our dog who got them (we have a husky puppy and although he doesn't particularly mind them, if they panick he does love to chase them and is a great hunter).
Today in the afternoon we found another corpse but this time inside the coop. Upon closer inspection we found a wound in her backside.
It couldn't be our dog and the wound is clean with no visible parasites.
Any idea what could do this?
We live in the desert with coyotes and foxes but neither get into our yard because of the dog.
Thanks in advance,
Maayan
I am new to chicken keeping.
I started out over a month ago with 6 chickens who were saved from battery cages.
They live in a 6x2 meter run and are allowed to roam the yard occasionally.
Yesterday we came home to find a dead chicken in the yard who had somehow escape and automatically assumed it was our dog who got them (we have a husky puppy and although he doesn't particularly mind them, if they panick he does love to chase them and is a great hunter).
Today in the afternoon we found another corpse but this time inside the coop. Upon closer inspection we found a wound in her backside.

It couldn't be our dog and the wound is clean with no visible parasites.
Any idea what could do this?
We live in the desert with coyotes and foxes but neither get into our yard because of the dog.
Thanks in advance,
Maayan