Cut leg - how to keep chicken from messing with bandage?

LuvRchix

Chirping
8 Years
Jul 7, 2013
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Our chicken got a small cut on her leg that seems to want to keep bleeding. Probably b/c she's pecking at it, so the medicine I put on it to clot and help it heal doesn't do much good when she reaches down, gives it a good peck and gets it bleeding again. I have her separated from the rest of the chickens, have her leg wrapped so she can't peck at it, but now she messes with the bandage. Is there something I can put on her leg or the bandage that won't be harmful to her or painful, but will deter her from wanting to mess with it?
 
Do you have any Vic's Vapor Rub? Try putting it on her wound and she will quit pecking at it because of the bad taste. Hopefully it can heal. Good old cooking flour works well to stop the blood flow.
 
I will try to Vicks. Anything to help her stop messing with it. If I have her around the other chickens they all peck at her bandages too, so I have her separated from the rest. Hopefully she can heal and be back in good shape. Thanks so much!!
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