Saturday, October 8, 2011

Trouble on the Farm again

This story is now a week old, but I've been in the weeds.
James went out to feed one morning last week and something tried to get into the chicken house with the Naked Necks (meat chickens).  Seems that it dug under just enough to paw down a hen by the leg and took a huge bite out of her back.
So we brought her up to the house, washed the wound and covered it with Swat.  She could barely walk, and seemed to be in severe shock.  She has been sleeping in the bushes against the house.
Now, over a week later, Florence is doing great!  Yes, she has a name.  She will retire into the brooder house.  She probably won't lay an egg for at least a year, so she will just be another pet.  I plan to introduce her to the chickens and her new home tomorrow.