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8/1/12 at 4:15pm
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First I would like to say hello. Now : help came home today to feed my chickens and ones back has no feathers and is bloody and raw and she is limping.I took her and put her on a Table put iodine all over her raw back smotherered it in trip antibiotic ointment ; then put gauze on it and taped it down with blue duct tape :'( then set her in pen she hopped along but the others were looking for a place to peck on her back; so I took her out put her in a rubbermade tub witch chcicken wire ontop then gave her a dish of water with electrolytes. And she ate about a thumb size peice of bananna. What do i do onownhave i done any thing wrong? Shoule i remove gauze : what about peroxide? I thought that would be cruelty nsine it burns
Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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post #2 of 12
8/1/12 at 4:33pm

You did right by keeping her away from the others.  I'd keep her away from the others for a while, and keep her inside if at all possible because flies will lay eggs in her raw flesh and maggots will soon hatch out.  Keep the wound clean with saline or warm water, and applying antibiotic cream is a great help.  No need to cover the area unless the hen herself is pecking at her back.  Once the back is healed and pin feathers have formed you can put her back with the flock with a hensaver apron (also called a chicken saddle).  If she continues to be picked on you may have to keep her away from the others or rehome her.

 

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She's molting and not feeling very pretty!

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Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

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post #3 of 12
8/1/12 at 4:46pm
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Thank you soo very much i was thinking something got in the pen and got at her( this is my first go afound with chickens) i was frantic sad.png i will remove the gauze later tonight and wash it again and put more antibiotic on her ; i will try to build her something this weekend to keep her as close to her flock as possiblle in the chickenyard and put her in the hen house but in pet carrier so they are are all still together: and that why for.futcher.moltings wont go wrong like this. cause my roo got as upset as ive ever seen him when i removed her. I wont put back outside tull she is not raw anymore case i hate for her to have problems with flies and their eggs.Can i give her a asprin for the pain? And she is favioring her left leg for some reason.
Edited by PrincessKristin - 8/1/12 at 4:58pm
Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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post #4 of 12
8/1/12 at 4:50pm
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan big_smile.png

Blu Kote is helpful on wounds to prevent fly strike and picking.

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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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post #5 of 12
8/1/12 at 5:03pm

frow.gif               welcome-byc.gif from washington state                  glad you joined us!

Hope your hen gets better soon!

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post #6 of 12
8/1/12 at 5:19pm
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Thank you all for the warm welcomes and advice. she is such a doll one of my two.easter eggers; my two buff orp were picking her and i think one of my three rir might.of too thought they are useally mellow and friendly. btw I am from North TEXAS:)
WHA5 IS Blu kote?

Update: I took off her bandages @ gave her back and fanny a lukewarm bath which she throughly enjoyed but let me know the tender spots; they were little brused so I was extra gental. Then i patted her dry with paper towels and lathered her with antibiotic ointment. She really does have a raw back and rump sad.png I then gave her more banana and dried worm thingies.

Next I watched the rest of hens and twohad moulting backs so i fashioned homemede aprons for them and watched them to make sure they could function and they dld fine even went to roost with them. Now RooRoo our only Roo who is a banny roo he counted his hens and could not find the one i have in the house and we had to gonarou d and around to get him in the hen house but he let me know how he felf about it. I sure hope they love her as much upon reentry as they did when going in to roost sad.png
Edited by PrincessKristin - 8/1/12 at 7:25pm
Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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post #7 of 12
8/1/12 at 10:00pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. Good luck with your hen. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #8 of 12
8/1/12 at 11:32pm

Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif Hope your hen gets better soon.

 

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked ~ Bernard Meltzer

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post #9 of 12
8/2/12 at 12:34pm

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
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post #10 of 12
8/2/12 at 7:58pm
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Thank you for all the warm welcomes. I am rither sad tonight because i had to put her out of her pain it way way worse then I thought her tail was a bloody stump and the picking had gone all down her sides plus her full back, she was not walking either for either the pain or some other reason unknown sad.png I' ve never done such a thing but everyone who saw her thought it was best. Thank you again for all the replies. I wish am just sad tonight sad.png
Edited by PrincessKristin - 8/2/12 at 8:05pm
Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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Priness is one of my beautiful hens, I also have 10 other ladies, 2 banty Roos , 1 peacock named Petey, 1 indoor cat named Monkey, and 7 barn cats, and a amazing husband that love's them just as much as I do!
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