Hi,
It seems that a racoon got into our coop and attacked one of our hen's. We found a bunch of feathers in the coop Sunday morning and our girl Scarlett is extremely injured. The top part of her head is gone - her crown, and both her eyes and part of her top beak. When we found her she was sitting in the nesting area and later moved to the middle of our coop. I called all the vets/hospitals in our surrounding area and due to the long weekend most places were either closed or they do not deal with chickens as we wanted to get her euthanized bc we thought she wouldn't make it. We didn't think she would make it through the night but she is still alive and breathing and moving around. I do not know what to do. Please help, our other hen died from fly strike last month and now this. My heart is broken. Can she still live a fulfilling life? Can I give her pain medication? like Tylenol. I don't know what to do! Desperate for some advice.
It seems that a racoon got into our coop and attacked one of our hen's. We found a bunch of feathers in the coop Sunday morning and our girl Scarlett is extremely injured. The top part of her head is gone - her crown, and both her eyes and part of her top beak. When we found her she was sitting in the nesting area and later moved to the middle of our coop. I called all the vets/hospitals in our surrounding area and due to the long weekend most places were either closed or they do not deal with chickens as we wanted to get her euthanized bc we thought she wouldn't make it. We didn't think she would make it through the night but she is still alive and breathing and moving around. I do not know what to do. Please help, our other hen died from fly strike last month and now this. My heart is broken. Can she still live a fulfilling life? Can I give her pain medication? like Tylenol. I don't know what to do! Desperate for some advice.