CHICKENX2005
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- Feb 2, 2024
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This morning I went out to the chicken run and one of our roosters was badly injured his come was bleeding really bad and he was just laying there. I treated his wounds and put him in a dog crate with soft bedding. He had all ready been blinded in one eye a few years ago from another rooster that we used to have. I'll try to explain this in a way that makes sense. Ok so a month ago we had 5 roosters ( and a IOT OF HENS and a lot of space I mean a lot ) so 4 of the roosters had been hatched together 4 years ago. I will call them #1 #2 #3 and #4 to simplify this. #1 and #2 never fight with anyone. #3 and #4 both wanted to be the ( king ) so they got into a fight when they were young and #4 was blinded in one eye from #3. They stopped fighting after that. Last year we hatched some chicks and go a few roosters out of the batch. We kept one because he was friendly. I will call him #5. None of the roosters had been fighting and everything was great until last month I went to the pen and #3 was injured his head was a little bloody but he seemed like he was more internally damaged. He didn't make it. I looked at the other roosters after it happened and none looked like they had been in a fight so I assumed it was a hawk that did it. ( we've had a few hawk problems in the past ) So every thing went back to normal although now that the king rooster was dead I figured a different rooster would take his place that rooster ended up being #4. So I went outside this morning and #4 was badly injured at the back of the pen and #5 ( the younger rooster ) had blood all over him mostly on his legs but they weren't injured his come was a little bloody but he definitely won the fight. My question is now what do I do. I put #5 in pen by himself so he won't kill the two nice roosters I have left. I don't know if the injured rooster will make it. What do I do?
