SF attacked AGAIN she is gone.....Graphic Pics!

[WoodlandWoman]

I'm very sorry.

 

[Patch of Heaven Farm]

I am so sorry to hear ceta. She was a beautiful girl. sending

and (((hugs))))

 

[Cetawin]

Thanks everyone. I know I did everything I possibly could. If there is ever a next time...hopefully that will not happen, I will not even try to put them back with the flock until they are fully healed. I think it is easier to deal with adding a healthy uninjured bird rather than worrying about only keeping them away for a day or so.

Still this is very sad. On a happier note, Cheyenne asked that I removed some of her beautiful neck plumage. She would like to use the feathers to make a pair of earrings so she can always have a part of Fancy around. So, I pulled a few of those for her. I think it is a lovely way to keep a small piece of her around.

 

[tucky]

When ever pecking starts, I grab a large set of fingernail clippers, and clip the tip, of all of the ckickens beaks. It don't hurt them, and they will grow back in a few weeks. But, this procedure generally stops the pecking problems of confined chickens, during their molt. It converts their beak from, a deadly puncture tool, to an ineffective pair of tweezers.

 

[Cetawin]

Oh thanks for that tip. If it happens again I will consider that as a viable option.

I do not trim beaks with clippers because it can crack the beak but I do take off points with the dremel tool if needed.

 

[cherig22]

I am so sorry for your loss.

On a happier note, Cheyenne asked that I removed some of her beautiful neck plumage. She would like to use the feathers to make a pair of earrings so she can always have a part of Fancy around. So, I pulled a few of those for her. I think it is a lovely way to keep a small piece of her around.

That is so sweet, I make beaded jewelry, and have been picking up feathers for a while now. Just did not know what to do with them. Now I do.

Thank you..... Cheri​

 

[speckledhen]

I'm sorry for this unfortunate turn of events. I hoped she'd recover.

 

[Attack Chicken]

As I read this it made me cry. So sorry for your lose and it's great to keep a special part of her around.

 

[mypicklebird]

Ideas on what happened? She likely died from a combination of blood loss and shock. Just because she was not bleeding buckets when you found her, does not mean she wasn't before- the bad bird will peck it up off the ground and her. She probably bled until her blood pressure dropped low from the loss. The flapping sound you heard may have been an opening into an air sac (part of their breathing system). If you had not pulled her out, they would have continued to eat her alive and killed her. Cannibal chickens will eat another bird from the vent in. Terrible habit. Read up on why and how this habit starts, so hopefully it won't happen to anyone else. Generally in overcrowded, stressed or bored birds. Almost never in birds allowed to free range. Also sometimes it is related to open nest boxes where they can see each other laying eggs.

If you know who the instigator was/is, culling that one is the easy answer (look for the one with blood on her beak). It may happen again to the least bird in the pecking order, or the next one to molt on the back or tail/vent area.

Blue coat is a great, it will help stop picking at small wounds, but not an aggressive cannibal.

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[Cetawin]

Thanks so much for that invaluable information. I think I know who is the most aggressive but whether she started it...I sort of doubt it. I will be keeping an eye out for sure.

They are bored because they are not getting outside right now...the cold rainy weather and their young age is not a good combo. I am going to pick up a winter block for them and give them something to do. I put some scratch in there for them today and they had fun scratching around for it.