URGENT: predator got in coop, killed 2 chickens and injured 2 others

[Cryss]

Maybe the shock has her off her feed. I'd just make sure she has food available and keep her supplied with your electrolyte mixture. That bit of sugary water can give a bit of energy and hopefully let her come through the shock.

 

[It_is_I_Rae]

Maybe the shock has her off her feed. I'd just make sure she has food available and keep her supplied with your electrolyte mixture. That bit of sugary water can give a bit of energy and hopefully let her come through the shock.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I've thankfully found a way to get her to eat. I've just been putting small pieces of bread in her beak and she'll swallow it. She just won't willingly eat. She wasn't willingly drinking for while but thankfully she will now. She's been on and off electrolyte water and I think I'm going to make some more for her soon

 

[Cryss]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I've thankfully found a way to get her to eat. I've just been putting small pieces of bread in her beak and she'll swallow it. She just won't willingly eat. She wasn't willingly drinking for while but thankfully she will now. She's been on and off electrolyte water and I think I'm going to make some more for her soon

 

[Cryss]

Maybe try making a mush of a bit of crumble feed and warm water.

 

[It_is_I_Rae]

At this moment she's drinking a lot of water, which I assume is a good thing

 

[It_is_I_Rae]

Maybe try making a mush of a bit of crumble feed and warm water.

I tried that but she wouldn't eat it. I have fortunately found that if I place small pieces of bread in her beak she'll swallow it so that's how I'm getting her to eat at the moment

 

[Morrigan]

I had a couple of hens attacked by a bobcat that wouldn't eat, or even drink, for several days. One had been bitten in the head and pretty sick. The other, I couldn't find any visible damage, and she may have been simply in shock or even grieving (I lost over half my flock in the attack).

I made a mixture of water, honey and yoghurt which I fed using a syringe. I also fed them solid foods, much in the same way as you are, opening their beaks and placing food, which they would swallow on their own. I did this with scrambled eggs, meal worms, and pea size balls of wet mash. After about a week, they started eating on their own and both made full recoveries. I've read stories about it taking even longer for a chicken to start eating after an attack.

Good luck and I hope she recovers soon.

 

[It_is_I_Rae]

I had a couple of hens attacked by a bobcat that wouldn't eat, or even drink, for several days. One had been bitten in the head and pretty sick. The other, I couldn't find any visible damage, and she may have been simply in shock or even grieving (I lost over half my flock in the attack).

I made a mixture of water, honey and yoghurt which I fed using a syringe. I also fed them solid foods, much in the same way as you are, opening their beaks and placing food, which they would swallow on their own. I did this with scrambled eggs, meal worms, and pea size balls of wet mash. After about a week, they started eating on their own and both made full recoveries. I've read stories about it taking even longer for a chicken to start eating after an attack.

Good luck and I hope she recovers soon.

It's encouraging to hear that they did eventually start eating on their own and getting better. I'm sorry that you lost half your flock, that's terrible. Thank you, I'm hoping she recovers quickly as well

 

[EggWalrus]

I had a couple of hens attacked by a bobcat that wouldn't eat, or even drink, for several days. One had been bitten in the head and pretty sick. soon.

If it wouldn't eat or drink, was your bobcat just sick or did it have the rabies? I'd be afraid to raise bobcats anywhere near chickens!

 

[It_is_I_Rae]

Update: My chicken is doing about the same behavior-wise. She's drinking water willingly but I still have to force feed her. However, I did find that an injury above her left ear became infected. Pressing on it caused it to drain a dark and bad smelling liquid (old blood?). I didn't need to poke it or anything just pressing it caused it to drain so I did my best to drain it and I put colliodal silver water (it's good for infections, I've used it for eye infections on my cats and it cleared it up quickly) and neosporin. Did I do the right thing? Is she going to be alright?