Kayler2699
Chirping
Update next day: Grandpa is doing amazing and is handling this like a trooper. She is up and active and wanting to walk around with her babies!
Hi everyone, this is Grandpa. She survived a hawk attack today defending her babies. Sadly we lost half of them but I’m glad she survived. Her wound is pretty bad.skin was ripped away exposing a good chunk of muscle. I know how to treat wounds and so I have that part done but my question is how long does it take for skin to grow back? The area is probably a couple inches long and a couple inches wide. I teach special ed and she is my students favorite chicken out of my flock. Currently she is resting away from the flock with her co-momma with the remaining babies. Her co-momma is untouched and fine and so are the remaining babies. If she dies I have no idea how to break it to them because they do not have the ability to comprehend death and I know they will ask about her come fall. The wound is pretty bad, thankfully not bloody, but still pretty bad and she must be in so much pain.
I do just want to add that her whole wound is covered the black part sticking out from the bandages is just skin with no feathers. She is a silkie so black skin is normal.
Hi everyone, this is Grandpa. She survived a hawk attack today defending her babies. Sadly we lost half of them but I’m glad she survived. Her wound is pretty bad.skin was ripped away exposing a good chunk of muscle. I know how to treat wounds and so I have that part done but my question is how long does it take for skin to grow back? The area is probably a couple inches long and a couple inches wide. I teach special ed and she is my students favorite chicken out of my flock. Currently she is resting away from the flock with her co-momma with the remaining babies. Her co-momma is untouched and fine and so are the remaining babies. If she dies I have no idea how to break it to them because they do not have the ability to comprehend death and I know they will ask about her come fall. The wound is pretty bad, thankfully not bloody, but still pretty bad and she must be in so much pain.
I do just want to add that her whole wound is covered the black part sticking out from the bandages is just skin with no feathers. She is a silkie so black skin is normal.
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