The chickens are eating the goat alive

[laseterlass]

I would watch and dispatch the killer chickens before they taught the rest of them the naghty behavior and have the darn goats head examined!

 

[Luvducks]

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X2, X3 X4 X5 X6 X7, X8, X9, X10!!!!!! ASAP!

 

[Kassaundra]

This thread title caught my attention, I've read it through, and all my suggestions have already been posted. I just had to say I was suprised that no one expressed suprise that the goat just allows it. Besides the obvious need for seperation, that was the first thing that I thought, amazement that the goat would just lay there and let the chickens eat it! I haven't had goats since I was a teen (long time ago), but can not imagine any of our goats just laying there. You goat raisers, is that normal?

By the way I am truly interested in the answer to the question and in no way questioning you, just the sanity of your goat.

 

[easttxchick]

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X2, X3 X4 X5 X6 X7, X8, X9, X10!!!!!! ASAP!

Agreed!
If Blu-Kote and other no-pick things aren't working, this is the only thing you can do that is humane. The quicker the better, in my opinion.

 

[cafarmgirl]

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I wondered the same thing. But I suspect that if the chickens are constantly after this poor goat she perhaps is just exhausted trying to get away, there's no place to get relief and she has just given up on it.

To the OP, I won't make repeat suggestions that have already been posted, the answer here seems obvious. But I will say one thing: When you post on a public forum you should not get upset when people respond even if you perhaps don't care for the response. Take what suggestions sound good to you and call it a day.

I hope that one way or another you are able to get this poor goat some relief so she can heal up.

 

[riane'smimi]

I would get some sulfur of flowers from the drug store and sprinkle it all over the wound.It does a wonderful job of healing deep wounds. First though I would put the goat out of the reach of the chickens. They will continue hurting the poor thing.Give her a week or two to heal then turn her back out.The poor thing must be weak to just lay there and suffer like that. How sad

 

[raykour1]

I have not read through all 4 pages of replies, but I am going to agree with another poster

1-clean the wound well. Shave around it if you can. If not, no big deal.

2-get some TAG CEMENT or SHUT EYE CEMENT (for cattle pink eye)

3-cut a patch out of an old pair of blue jeans

4-apply ointment/spray/what have you and apply the patch on top of wound.

The tag cement will last from a week to 10 days, you can always reapply a new patch if necessary.

Of course, giving the goat a chicken proof place to hang out would be the best case scenario and letting the wound heal by itself.

 

[willowcrow]

I have goats and they would not sit there and be pecked on like that unless they were trapped in close quarters. Do you have a stall? Somewhere safe to put the goat? This has gone on too long. Give the goat away if you can't protect the poor thing.

 

[valsey]

I guess I have to spell it out for some of you. The goat is not 'suffering'. If she were, she'd have done something about it by now. She's not going to "die a painful death". She's perfectly fine except some chickens are pecking at her. She's a freakin' 200 lb goat, for God's sake. These are 8 lb chickens. Stop the hysterics! It's simply an issue that needs to be dealt with and I've tried what I know and now I'm coming to his forum, that should be giving me helpful advice.

This forum is ridiculous sometimes. I really do appreciate the positive suggestions from some folks, and I have expressed this. But the histrionics are a bit unnecessary.

I have not completely separated the goat and the chickens because I am trying to systematically figure out who the instigaters are. And thank you - but that is the best way to find out who is not cannibalistic and who I need to keep an eye on, being the responsible animal care giver that I am.

You're all dramatizing the whole situation.

 

[Katy]

I think having a wound being repeatly pecked at and eaten away does qualify as suffering.

Too bad you refuse to see that.

If you can't give an animal a decent life you don't deserve too have it.