- Oct 16, 2011
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I got 8 chickens from a lady, one was a bit younger so we kept it separate for the past 3 weeks and now she said we could put it w/the other ones. Which worked out perfect because we just got the chicken tractor done so we figured that would be an ideal time to put all of them together in "neutral territory" (ie-the chicken tractor) well, we put them all together Monday night at Dusk. They weren't picking on the little one much at all. I watched a little Tuesday morning and the new one mostly stayed inside while the others stayed outside. but I saw its feathers were ruffled a bit so they must have picked on it some. So I put some water and a little food inside for it since it wasn't coming out at all from what I saw. Well, last night my son called me at work and said the back of its neck was all bloody. So I looked last night and yes, all the feathers are gone from the top of its head to the back of its neck and its skin is just bloody and raw where the feathers are all gone. So they must be beating it up when they go inside. So now what do I do with it???
I'm assuming if I take it out, ill never be able to introduce it again cuz the same thing will just happen again. So I want to leave it in there but not to the point where they seriously injure or kill it. Other than the blood and feathers being gone, it looks OK. But im worried about the open wound on its neck. Should I catch it and spray it with Blu-Kote??? I read that chickens like the Red color of blood so they might continue to pick on it if its red colored. Is that true?? (sorry, new to chickens!)
Should I just keep it in there and hope they stop picking on it?? What should I do?? If needed, I can take a picture of it and see if I can upload it to here. the bare spot looks bad but I don't know how "bad is bad" if ya know what I mean. I don't want to permanently hurt it but I don't want to take it out prematurely either. Then i'll have to get rid of it cuz I have no where to put 1 chicken. And its a really nice Cream Legbar too!! HELP!!
I'm assuming if I take it out, ill never be able to introduce it again cuz the same thing will just happen again. So I want to leave it in there but not to the point where they seriously injure or kill it. Other than the blood and feathers being gone, it looks OK. But im worried about the open wound on its neck. Should I catch it and spray it with Blu-Kote??? I read that chickens like the Red color of blood so they might continue to pick on it if its red colored. Is that true?? (sorry, new to chickens!)
Should I just keep it in there and hope they stop picking on it?? What should I do?? If needed, I can take a picture of it and see if I can upload it to here. the bare spot looks bad but I don't know how "bad is bad" if ya know what I mean. I don't want to permanently hurt it but I don't want to take it out prematurely either. Then i'll have to get rid of it cuz I have no where to put 1 chicken. And its a really nice Cream Legbar too!! HELP!!