what to do after bop attack

[DJ]

i let my birds out today for the first time in a while as they had been locked in due to the risk of bop attacks and all seemed fine until i realised that i had a  blue pied hen missing  luckily she came home just before dark but had feathers missing from her back and tail  she isnt taking any corn and im wondering wether to leave her in her nestbox with her cock bird or put her in a basket with corn/water and bring her indoors where its warmer? ive heard that birds can die from shock after a bop attack so dont really know what to do for the best  i know bop attacks are common nowadays so hopefully someone can advise   many thanks   debbie

[pearse1888]

leave her in the shed mate .. she nos she safe there .. sometimes fright can kill them but she should be ok now  

[billt]

I would bring her in overnight with her mate, as she made it back I think she'll be ok

[Guest stb-]

Just give her peace and quiet she will come round her self

[aye ready]

probably the reason she was late back is that she's probably went to ground damaging herself in the process and waited,it's poss she lost the feathers whilst going to ground i,e into trees,bushes etc but more likely the bop has hit her and she's hit the ground giving herself a sore one,give her a couple of days and she should come round

[OLDYELLOW]

aye i find when have a damaged bird by bop the less intervention i give them the better they are , had two hens with stripes of flesh ripped from them and left alone 100% healed , once you pick them up normaly you disturb the wounds and its mainly stress that kills them , one had a strip ner her leg i was going to intervene and everytime i touched it it was hitting a nerve on her leg , i left alone and had a 100% recovery and no damage to its leg , if bird has no visable wounds look for puncture holes where bop has caught them its these holes that can kill them , drop some iodene on these holes , all the best Regards Mark

[les]

get your own back on the bop ,ie report the attack to the redings ,that should do the trick and stop it happening again ,lol.      just keep it in and let it go out again when it wants to ,DONT FORCE IT OUT.

[rick]

leave her in the loft mate ive made the mistake of taking them away they want to be in the loft

[jimmy white]

had this b4,, many times, i have found the bird better left locked in its own box with feed and water,, the ones that do survive are usually very wary of   venturing  out for some time,,

[jimmy white]

aye i find when have a damaged bird by bop the less intervention i give them the better they are , had two hens with stripes of flesh ripped from them and left alone 100% healed , once you pick them up normaly you disturb the wounds and its mainly stress that kills them , one had a strip ner her leg i was going to intervene and everytime i touched it it was hitting a nerve on her leg , i left alone and had a 100% recovery and no damage to its leg , if bird has no visable wounds look for puncture holes where bop has caught them its these holes that can kill them , drop some iodene on these holes , all the best Regards Mark

 

would agree with o y here ,, but for the 100pc recovery?,, i would add maybe 100 p.c. physical recovery, but not 100 pc mental recovery,,, having noted this on the past , if a champion  racing pigeon,,,,,it never seems to be the same again.

[Guest IB]

Ordinarily I would patch them up and leave them in the loft, usually locked in a box as I've noticed others tend to bully an injured pigeon left amongst them.

 

But I had an exception to that at beginning of month when I had a yearling latebred missing for a week in sub-zero temperatures. He'd been hit by a hawk and was grounded in all that snow & ice we had then. In the end his luck held out thanks to carrying my telephone number (ring) and a caring member of the public who found the bird in their driveway. He was on his last leg, literally, the other the foot had turned under, he hobbled on it, clubfooted. One eye was also closed, on the side he'd taken the hit.

 

Think in cases like that you need to bring them inside into the warmth. I put him in one of those large re-usable carrier bags, sat it next radiator (on all the time) and he had constant access to honeyed water and small grains. Took him two days and nights before he could fly out of the open bag, by which time I'd also managed to get the foot working again. Then he went back to being locked in his box in the loft.

[BLUERON]

i been hit many times with bop,if they made it back to loft i just keep a good watch on then for day or two. if eating and drinking ok i leave well alone.but have had a few who wont fly out again.this is with rollers not racers,

[Guest mick bowler]

Done well to get her in, i have one sat out since Sunday after a SH attack, looks like it has damage to back of the neck.

 

First it had our Robin then came back and had a pop at my birds. I lost one couple months ago, to the same SH, i presume. Not really SH country here, no bushes, or trees just fences and walls to hide behind.

[DJ]

just to let u all know that i locked my blue pied hen in her nestbox with her mate and she is now eating/drinking ok and apart from being a bit nervous seems to be on the mend after her bop attack  thanks again to everyone on pb who gave advice as u always do when i need it    debs    

ps we have peregrines 20 miles south of me in brighton but would they venture that far to hunt at my loft?  im assuming that it was a s.hawk as ive been hit by them before.

[DOVEScot]

just to let u all know that i locked my blue pied hen in her nestbox with her mate and she is now eating/drinking ok and apart from being a bit nervous seems to be on the mend after her bop attack  thanks again to everyone on pb who gave advice as u always do when i need it    debs    

ps we have peregrines 20 miles south of me in brighton but would they venture that far to hunt at my loft?  im assuming that it was a s.hawk as ive been hit by them before.

 

BOP only hunt as far as they need to feed, if they have food source they can prey on close by they won't fly x amount of miles further to get another source. Saying that 20 miles ain't that far for a peregrine to see a flock of birds :-/

[Guest Owen]

Although it sounds like a peregrine attack, it could be either a sparrowhawk or a goshawk. The sparrowhawks around here will often ride a pigeon down to the ground and then eat it alive. And if you have woodland near, it could be a goshawk. Goshawks often hunt birds by slashing at them to cause injury and follow them down to the ground. Not many prey species survive a goshawk attack.

Usually, you can see the peregrine when they are hunting and they are noisey devils. They like to scream to each other a lot. That is one way you will notice them above you after they have killed, the screaming.  

[DJ]

thanks guys  debs