Hello I am writing this really quick!
So I have chickens ranging from 4 weeks to 10 week (mainly all are 10 weeks). My brother was outside today and all of sudden noticed a hawk and it actually attached one of our chicks (about a 10 week one).
I made sure to get all my chickens inside as soon as possible and then noticed that one of them was quite, alone, and scared. He didn't want to be with the other chickens. I didn't realize he was hurt at the moment because everything happened so fast I was trying to get the chickens inside and my rabbits.
My brother told me the hawk was fighting the chicken. I thought that the chicken didn't actually get hurt until I noticed the odd behavior. I immediately checked the whole chicken and saw that some of the skin was ripped off. (This is my first time I am having chickens I have no clue what I am doing and didn't know what to do). It was a little bit of the skin. He was walking fine but he just wanted to be alone in the corner. He also didn't eat or drink.
This chicken is one of the loudest and fastest out of all. He is amazing. This odd behavior was unusual. Anyway, what do I do????????????!!!!!!!!!
Currently, it is night time and I have put all the chicks away. They are tried and sleepy. Tomorrow I will check on them and see if he's okay (I really hope he is.)
Any advice on what I can do now and for future references?
By the way ever sense we've gotten chcikens I've notices hawks. This is 1 of the 2 times I seen one up close (by the way more have come and other family members have noticed) The first time the hawk was able to do no harm as I noticed it right away, however, this time one of my chickens got hurt. By the way, I put the chicken inside but the hawk didn't leave. The hawk was circulating my house and the neighboring houses for more than an hour after the incident I don't know why. It even came close to me. Why do I feel like it stills outside, I'm scared?!
Questions:
How do I cure my chick, he's hurt and I'm sad?
What do I do now and for future references if one of my chickens gets hurt again?
How do I keep hawks away?
Are the hawks harmful to my rabbits to (they are about 2 years and 6 months)?
By the way there are always crows around my house are they harmful to the chickens to?
Any other animals I should be aware of?
Thank you!!!!
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