dog attack

One of my chickens got attacked by a visiting dog yesterday. She looked dead but jumped up once someone touched her leg. Her beak is open and she can’t fully close it. Her head and eye look very swollen. The dog injured her side under the wing. She is unable to eat and drink maybe because of the...

Hello everyone, today one of my hens was dragged away by a dog, I though she was done for and all I could do was follow the trail of feathers the dog left to see if maybe I could at least find her body, I followed it and there I found the poor creature she was huddled up in a corner with most of...

Sunday afternoon tragedy struck. 2 dogs from a half a mile down the road (owners have chickens too) massacred my flock. My babies free range from 12 to 6 daily. We heard something and my husband ran outside and saw the dogs. He grabbed a gun and while chasing to get a shot he fell. He broke a...

We have lost 25 chickens from the same dog and 6 other neighbors have lost bunnies/ducks/chickens (all together 50+ animals). We are catching the dog in the act or right as the end. Animal control is helping but it’s a slow process. The dog is deemed potentially dangerous and not allowed to...

My sweet tom Brad was attacked through the fence by my parents dog last night. Lots of blood and a snoring sound with breathing. Went to vet first thing this am and he has a punctured trachea Has anyone ever dealt with this?? The vet advised against surgery and says the hope is it will close...

My big boy Remus was attacked by a dog(some sort of husky) this morning....it was horrible, all caught on my ring camera. My daughter and I went out into the woods following the feathers and by some miracle heard him out there clucking...we kept hollering for him and now he's in the yard kind...

Hi, I wanted to share some information that hopefully another will find helpful if faced with a similar situation. I had one of my pullets (6 mos old) attacked by a friends dog 3 weeks ago. It was an entirely avoidable situation and I learned my lesson the hard way :( She suffered most of...

Hey everybody. Just a matter of minutes ago, we assume a dog attacked my hen. We were short of white leghorn hen, and called them to come and feed hoping they were all there after we heard an giant amount of squawking and screaming. About 5 minutes later, out of the same direction, the missing...

Hi all, so yesterday my little champagne silkie was attacked by a dog. She has two relatively large wounds on her back and was in a state of shock. We cleaned the wounds with saline and then used blukote. She’s alert, eating, drinking, and standing up in her pen. However, I noticed her abdomen...

I just got home and found my dog trying to eat/play with the chickens. I found one (Dottie) that I thought was dead. She's still breathing. I don't think any organs are punctured. She's not gasping for air. Her crop is punctured, and food was slowly coming out. I stitched the hole closed (not...

Hello y'all. Last Saturday the 21st two dogs got into my girls while I was at work. Three were killed, Clementine was badly injured and Lilith was not harmed. I took Clementine to the vet because she had two nasty spots from the attack. They gave her a pain med twice a day and antibiotics as she...

My sweet girl was attacked by a neighbors dog (that frequently is loose) and her wound is horrifying. I'm a nurse of 20 yrs and have seen some outrageous mangles and mutilations, but this stopped me in my tracks. Basically, the entire left side of her neck is gone. From just above her breast to...

On October 22, 2022, two German Shepards attacked our chickens, killed 5, and injured 3. One of those chickens is lying on its side and is in pain when moved. I think one of the bones is dislocated or broken but I don't know which one. I can't get an X-ray because I can't afford it. Is there...

I have 2 white pekins I believe one male and one female. Saturday morning my in laws came over for a visit and brought their dogs (I have 4 of my own none of which bother my ducks). When I woke up they were here first thing I do in the morning is go and care for them. Well my nephews were...

Hello everyone - being lurking here for a few months. This spring we accepted 6 rehomed hens from a friend - 3 leghorns, 2 easter eggers, and 1 brahams. Laying 4~6 eggs daily pretty consistently. They are housed in a solid coop attached to an outdoor run protected by electric fence. Yesterday...

Hi everyone, I need some advice on my only surviving girl after a recent dog attack. i heard the girls shouting and ran out to see what was going on. Two girls dead with broken necks, feathers in clumps everywhere like they had been played with. It took ages to find Blossom the surviving crook...

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...

Long story short: A husky dog had gotten into my yard as a lady was walking it. Not sure how she lost control of the dog but the dog got ahold of two of my chickens. I was not home for the incident but I came shortly after. Feathers were everywhere. One set of feathers from my speckled Sussex...

Our sweet chicken, Biscuit, was horrifically attacked last Sunday. She is still alive and staying in a comfortable kennel in our garage. I am medicating her 2-3 times a day with vetericyn & coconut oil. She is eating chicken food, tuna, scrambled eggs & bok Choy and drinking water. I have not...

Heartbreakingly, a loose dog attacked our flock. It jumped our fence and killed 9 of out 13 chicks, including the best rooster ever (RIP Norton). Of the remaining four, two were pretty seriously injured, but are recovering. We moved them while we down sized, reinforced and removed all traces of...