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EDIT: I updated the info and added photos down the thread. My husband is now thinking something is getting her out in the yard, but really we are completely lost and have zero ideas.
My pet chicken has a very deep hole in her neck, possibly another wound near there as well. It looks really bad. My husband was home all day yesterday and today and didn't hear anything, she was in our garden during the days. He thinks maybe something is getting into her coop at night and chewing on her since she didn't scream/alert us. Could bees/wasps do this? There are a lot of bees around her coop. We don't see any signs of mice in there. It could have happened over a few days, it was hard to discover it, but it is really deep now. *We have moved her into a dog kennel in the house, so she is safe for now, but we really need to get this figured out so she can be safely outside. We are hoping she can recover with rest if we can keep it from getting infected. She is getting older and is fairly sedentary. She is our only chicken.
My pet chicken has a very deep hole in her neck, possibly another wound near there as well. It looks really bad. My husband was home all day yesterday and today and didn't hear anything, she was in our garden during the days. He thinks maybe something is getting into her coop at night and chewing on her since she didn't scream/alert us. Could bees/wasps do this? There are a lot of bees around her coop. We don't see any signs of mice in there. It could have happened over a few days, it was hard to discover it, but it is really deep now. *We have moved her into a dog kennel in the house, so she is safe for now, but we really need to get this figured out so she can be safely outside. We are hoping she can recover with rest if we can keep it from getting infected. She is getting older and is fairly sedentary. She is our only chicken.
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