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Bunny, yeah, she's pretty feisty. She kept trying to peck our hands when we were stitching her up. And, about an hour or two after the incident, she laid an egg.

Ended up needing to put in about 10 stitches though, super glue would not have been enough to cover a 2x3 inch hole.






Only after pictures this time, didn't think to photograph before.

She had two small scratches on the left side, but this right side was the worst. A fistful of feathers had been torn out, and there was a huge hole in the side, but the muscle membrane was mostly intact, just one little spot where it was punctured. Should heal up nicely if she doesn't develop an infection. We cleaned with a Betadine-saline solution, sprayed loads of Vetericyn in there, stitched it, and applied some Vetramil on top. The left side was just cleaned, and some Vetramil applied on top.

Also, the hawk seems to have mainly focused on her wings, since all of her flight feathers have been yanked out. Or then she's just put up one heck of a fight. She was really hard to catch with so short wings. The wings themselves didn't seem to have any wounds or be broken.
 
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vehve said:
CC - that's one ugly mug :p

Deb, nice going with the writing!

Just had a scare here. Heard a thud, and went to investigate, and saw a hawk ripping out feathers from one of the pullets right on our deck. It got scared when one me armed with a frantic dachshund emerged, and left empty handed. Err, clawed? Well, the whole deck is covered in feathers now, found the rest of the flock hiding behind the compost and under my food storage cabinet, and the one that got hit was hiding under the rabbit hutch that's waiting to be packed away. Looks like it got plucked pretty well, but I didn't see any blood. Karin should be home any minute, and then we'll take a closer look. I didn't manage to catch her on my own, so I just locked everyone up. That's a good sign at least, she wasn't limping and she had the wits to head for the run when I shooed her from the hutch, and seemed to move at a good speed. But I reckon it's time to dig out the super glue once again.
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Wow V poor hen. Good thing you saved her. Now you and Karin need to find her a chicken sweater.
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In a pinch a wool sock with the foot cut out would work.
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I hope she is ok.

Wonderful that she is ok. She should heal up quickly since she's a fighter.
 
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Beer can said:
Those of you that use canned pumpkin buy it when you see it, I heard the manufacturer's said there is a big time shortage this yr and they expect to run out early.
I think baking the pumpkins is better then boiling, gives it a sweeter nuttier taste. Good pie pumpkins can be ate just like a butternut squash.
We have always grown sweet baby for pies, going to try cinderella or fairy tale next yr for their larger size.
Going to order Beppo pumpkins, they have lots of HULLESS!! seeds. The flesh isn't good but the chickens can eat them.
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Most canned pumpkin doesnt have pumpkin in it.

http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-actually-in-your-canned-pumpkin-puree-ingredient-intelligence-69123

""That's right, some canned "pumpkin" puree is actually made from one or more types of winter squash, like butternut, Hubbard, Boston Marrow, and Golden Delicious. These squash varieties can be less stringy and richer in sweetness and color than pumpkin.""

deb
 

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