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Rough day of being a new #chicken owner today.

I had to cull a chicken and butcher it today. Sunny (youngest dog) got ahold of our best egg layer when the electric fence was off during the power outage and it seemed like it was doing better the past two days. Came home today and the other hens were eating it alive from the bite wound.

Lesson learned: 1. Any time you have an injured chicken be sure to isolate it to let it get back to full health. 2. I got a solar energizer for the chicken fence so we don’t have to rely on the grid power.

The one positive is we ended up with about 2lbs of chicken we’re going to eat tomorrow.

#homestead #permies

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nobody 2y ago

My Grandpa had a dog kill a chicken once so he tied the chicken to the dog’s collar and left it there for about two weeks. The dog surprisingly never touched another one. I’m not saying it was the right way to deal with the situation, but there were other dogs that just ended up at the tree line for good. Old days old ways

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Hmm that’s an interesting way to do it. I pushed her into the electric fence. Hope she knows now. That’s something my grandpa would do lol

Sasha 2y ago

👍

Maria2000 2y ago

Sorry to hear about your chicken. Raising animals can be tough sometimes.

Robin 1y ago

You can also hit wounds with blue coat. The chickens seem less interested in pecking wounds when they’re blue.

Jacob (Organix Farms) 1y ago

Thank you for that advise. I will check that out.

Robin 1y ago

Guess it would help if I used the correct spelling, it’s blu-kote.

Jacob (Organix Farms) 1y ago

I found it at our tractor supply. Figured that’s what you meant