"they'll be ok for 2 seconds"

[Player Hater]

Rockin' Reds :

WOW...I was really sad for a minute and then scrolled down a bit!! Hurray!!! So glad you found her!! Where was she??

just tentatively walking around in the back yard...

she must have found a clever place to hide, we looked everywhere



my wife is going to be so relieved, and my son is a new man, it was his bird​

 

[shesaredroan]

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Yes Player Hater, welcome to the world of chicken keeping!!! EVERYTHING loves chicken,
........and they can sometimes hurt themselves. My 1 and only splash marans hen managed to get herself hung up in a pallet that was leaning against the coop. Just like young children, they need to be watched carefully. But with chickens, penning them is a good way of keeping them safe when you can't be there.
Please don't be upset with yourself.......it's all part of the learning process of being a chicken lover/keeper. My experiences have been much like yours, but my predators have been coyote and hawk.
Just understand YOU are not the only one that LOVES your chickes.

 

[moetrout]

Go after that cat!

 

[Player Hater]

now all i have to worry about is the bird with the minor cut

i'll try not to learn things the hard way in the future

 

[shesaredroan]

I've found Neosporin (probably in your medicine cabinet) works well for scratches/minor wounds on my chickens.

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Yay I am so glad you found the fourth pullet! The one that has a scratch I would just rinse it out with warm water then apply some non-medicated neosporin (sp?) But just keep an eye on that one, to make sure the others don't pick at her wound, making it worse.

 

[cooper38]

Here kitty kitty, click, bang.

 

[naakte]

yay a happy ending!!

 

[luvmesomechicks]

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Happy endings are the best!
glad u found her man.

 

[Player Hater]

well of course now that it's over i'm really worried about both the bird that was missing for a period and the one that wrestled with the fence

they are 3-4 weeks old, a black australorp (missing) and a white orpington (fence)

the black one doesn't seem any worse for the wear; and the white one has a small injury like i said, but it scabbed over quickly, and except for an ineffectual attempt with a baby wipe, went untended during the search for the other pullet

should i fiddle with her cut and try to disinfect it or leave her alone? it's seems like a bad idea to grab her and harass her about it after it's already scabbed over