My husband called me yesterday at work to break the news that a stray dog had gotten ahold of our chickens. He said that he knew for sure that two were dead and at least one more was not going to make it.
Sadly, I made it home to find at least three of my White Leghorns torn up, one Redcap limping, one Silver Spangled Hamburg hiding in the creek culvert and my Crested Polish under the storage building.
After inspection, I determined that one of the WLs was not going to make it. We had to put him down. One WL hen is questionable. I don't believe she will recover, but I think Chad wants to give it a day or two to see. Despite being mauled by this dog, she is eating and quite active, so we will wait. We managed to get the SSH out of the culvert and CP, who I have affectionately named, Tut for his crown of feathers, out from under the storage building.
The SSH appeared to just be scared silly, but poor Tut...I can't tell if his leg is broken or not. He puts very little weight on it and kind of drags it. I hope that it is just sore and after a day or so, he will regain his strength in it. Is it possible to have a one legged chicken??
UPDATE 7/14/09: King Tut did not make it, nor did Happy Feet and three others who we had not named yet. R.I.P.
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