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More lucky than you know. When I saw how badly she was wounded I thought we'd have to put her down, but my sister insisted we give her a chance to heal.

She did not like being isolated, but the other birds were picking at her wounds and I didn't want her trying to dust bathe and getting dirt under the skin. The attack was on 11/14, so it's been a little over a month.

Last spring I raised a group of 10 Rhode Island Reds for my sister. After they went home, something kept picking them off. Then the rooster disappeared. Eventually we were down to 3 pullets, and three chicks. I went over to visit my sister and found piles of feathers on the driveway, and this...