attack

Sorry it's long. If you don't want to read, here's the very short version: 1 chicken dead with no known cause, 1 missing. Some of the live chickens and ducks have saliva on them but no injuries or broken bones. What happened? The full version: Last night, my fiance woke me up at 4:30am and...

My flock was attacked by a swarm of buffalo gnats it was HORRIFIC. All my pullets seem to be doing ok except for one who got the worst of it. I mean hundreds of these things eating her alive in her eyes, nose, and body. The attack happened yesterday at sunset now about 11 hours later she’s doing...

I’ve got a flock of birds that live completely free range and roost in the trees. Out of this flock I’ve got 11 new chicks who are housed at night, but out early morning. I checked on them last night as the chicks were going to bed and I noticed 4 of them have been beaten up pretty bad by...

Hello, my 1 year old tom was chased by a dog and fell on a hard surface a few times. It’s been 3 days and he now has bruising along his underside (chest and belly). He won’t stand but he is eating and drinking. How long should I expect for recovery? Anything I should be doing up help him?

Warning : Graphic Images Hi all, we had an attack a few days ago and one of our hens is severely wounded. She is doing much better every day but I just wanted to make sure I’m following the correct steps. I have been spraying Banixx on her wounds 2-3 times and day and applying neosporin once...

Unfortunately I have lost three of my hens recently to an attack by the neighbours dog. We only have one left surviving, who we actually found in the dog’s mouth. However, she has pulled through and is still with us, although a little traumatised. I don’t want to introduce new hens just yet...

Hi guys! I need help. I have eight chickens that were four months old when we got a rooster that was three months old. He is a silver laced Orpington and is double their size. Their breeds are black sex linked, red sex linked and blue azure. They have been bullying HIM for almost two months now...

Hi guys. An hour ago my 8 week old Muscovy was attacked by a raccoon. I ran out and kicked the hell out of it but it got away. My duck has a small hole in its head but is however conscious. I cleaned the wound and ran warm saline water over the wound. He is however too weak to stand or...

So recently my chicken has started free ranging, she is only one and her age is 1 too, she is overall healthy, the place I free range in has an established flock with an Aseel rooster and two unknown breeds, Aseel is being the most aggresive and attacks my chicken randomly (my chicken doesn't...

I have a flock of 4 hens and 2 roosters. They are all about 6 months old now. I’ve always known that I have too many roosters but I’ve had a hard time finding a home for one. It wasn’t an issue until this morning. One of my roosters was relentlessly attacking the other. Oddly enough, the one...

Yesterday afternoon we lost our sweet girl Bramble to a fox. Luckily we were able to catch what was happening in time to save the rest. This happened in their run which we are already working in making it better and getting better (smaller holes) wire however any tips on getting rid of the fox...

Background: I have a 1yr old bantam Delaware that is now (our RIR rooster died of a heart attack 3 months ago) our only rooster in a flock of 19. He grew up with our original flock of 14 RIRs, a d'Uccle, and a Leghorn and was the submissive rooster to the RIR. It took him about a month to...

Hey everyone, in my last thread I asked about putting my new hens together with a lone cockerel and lone hen. I have tried introducing them in a somewhat open place and they had a few pecks but they are not fighting. Except that the roo hates them all. he tries to fight them all like other roos...

I don't normally free-range my flock, but with our warmer weather, I figured I could let them into our fenced garden to eat all the winter weeds. I tried to spend time out there with them as much as I could. On Sunday, we were inviting a couple friends over for a social distance backyard BBQ...

My Buff Orpington was attacked at some point this morning and unfortunately she did not survive. :-( I am so heart broken. We had had some scares with hawks in the yard before but always managed to intervene. Today we did not notice the attack until it was too late. I just wanted to make a...

I have 11 ducks. Only two of these ducks are drakes (runners). I have one Ancona duck that the drakes constantly pick on. Today was the second time I found her hurt and secluded. Ever since she was a duckling she has had a little hobble in her walk. I have checked the bottoms of her feet many...

After calling so many times to animal control, after my neighbors chickens and mine dieing....its racking up to 100 birds thus far and he hasint delt with his dogs geting out. 100 birds being in the last year and a half i think. Im sick of it because it takes 6 months to grow these girls and...

Hi Everyone I have 6 hens and one rooster and have had them for almost a year. They all behave very friendly. This past Sunday morning we discovered one of our chickens had a brutal wound to the back of the head. The picture doesn’t do full justice, but there is a large gash of a hole that...

Hi everyone - We have a 2 yr old Isa Brown who is not well and has survived a fox attack. All of the other chickens were taken by a fox/es unfortunately. There are no obvious injuries to her, she was found hiding, and has not moved much since the attack about 4 days ago. She will not eat, she...