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post #1 of 7
3/30/12 at 1:17pm
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My poor RIR hen is the rooster's favorite. I noticed she was losing feathers on her back from being mated so often. I picked her up to look at her back and noticed she has a small wound on her side. I know they can get infected and I've heard of it killing hens. Should I be worried about her? I put some ointment on it. I don't have a hen apron and don't know where to get one. What else should I do?

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My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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post #2 of 7
3/30/12 at 1:34pm

This thread has a couple of links to places to get chicken aprons: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644086/wing-damage-saddles-roosters#post_8679834

 

Keep putting an ointment like bacitracin or neosporin on the wound.  Make sure the ointment you chose does not have some ingredient like lidocaine or benzocaine in it.  Check  the wound regularly to make sure other chickens are not pecking at it, or just to be safe you may choose to separate her until the wound is scabbed over.  Chickens generally heal really well.

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post #3 of 7
3/30/12 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by scratch'n'peck View Post

This thread has a couple of links to places to get chicken aprons: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644086/wing-damage-saddles-roosters#post_8679834

 

Keep putting an ointment like bacitracin or neosporin on the wound.  Make sure the ointment you chose does not have some ingredient like lidocaine or benzocaine in it.  Check  the wound regularly to make sure other chickens are not pecking at it, or just to be safe you may choose to separate her until the wound is scabbed over.  Chickens generally heal really well.


No one is pecking at it. It's really small and covered by feathers. I just don't want it to get bigger or infected. I'm contemplating separating her until she's healed to give her poor sides a break. Thank you for the link. :)

 

My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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post #4 of 7
3/30/12 at 1:46pm
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Wow! Those things are cheap! I'm ordering 2!

My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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post #5 of 7
3/31/12 at 5:54am

I would also recommend trimming the rooster's toe nails and removing or 'blunting' his spurs.

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post #6 of 7
3/31/12 at 6:44am
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Originally Posted by sourland View Post

I would also recommend trimming the rooster's toe nails and removing or 'blunting' his spurs.


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Originally Posted by scratch'n'peck View Post

This thread has a couple of links to places to get chicken aprons: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644086/wing-damage-saddles-roosters#post_8679834

 

Keep putting an ointment like bacitracin or neosporin on the wound.  Make sure the ointment you chose does not have some ingredient like lidocaine or benzocaine in it.  Check  the wound regularly to make sure other chickens are not pecking at it, or just to be safe you may choose to separate her until the wound is scabbed over.  Chickens generally heal really well.


X2 They do heal up really well as I had a BR ripped up pretty bad with a piece of skin more than an inch square torn away but she healed up quick and re-feathered. She regrew skin in the spot that was torn  as the torn piece dried up. She even never stopped laying during the whole. Man,chickens get my respect.bow.gif

 

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post #7 of 7
3/31/12 at 4:11pm
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How to you trim chicken's nails? And his spurs aren't very sharp. How do you blunt them? They are pretty rounded already. (unlike some that I've seen. Some of them are scary looking.)

My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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My sweet puppy, Maggie (1yo), 3 adorable baby pet rats, Darby, Lilah, and Faye, 3 cats, 2 bunnies, a goldfish named Ghoti (pronounced "Fish"), 1 Khaki Campbell duckling, 1 Magpie duckling, and lots and lots of chickens!

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