I found one my Delaware hens like this moments ago.
Any ideas what might have happened? I have a few, but need some reassurance.
If you look in the pics you can see what looks like a cut on her comb. This hen I believe is one of my roos "favorites", could he have done this to her while mounting her? There are a couple other girls, one in particular, that have what looks like scabs where the rooster grabbed them. Could he have just grabbed too hard? Or could this injury be from another hen, maybe they got in a scuffle and someone nipped her too hard?
I've brought her inside and she is now isolated in a pet carrier. Other than being bloodied up, she is fine. She spent all afternoon free ranging with the rest of the flock. She is eating and drinking normally, she's actually eating scratch I gave to her in the pet carrier right now. I plan on keeping her inside overnight.
Any ideas how this could have happened? The bleeding seems to have stopped, I tried washing most of the blood from her face with warm water, which she did not like. I'm looking for Blue Kote to put on the open wound right now.
Has something like this ever happened to a hen of yours?
Thanks guys!
Any ideas what might have happened? I have a few, but need some reassurance.
If you look in the pics you can see what looks like a cut on her comb. This hen I believe is one of my roos "favorites", could he have done this to her while mounting her? There are a couple other girls, one in particular, that have what looks like scabs where the rooster grabbed them. Could he have just grabbed too hard? Or could this injury be from another hen, maybe they got in a scuffle and someone nipped her too hard?
I've brought her inside and she is now isolated in a pet carrier. Other than being bloodied up, she is fine. She spent all afternoon free ranging with the rest of the flock. She is eating and drinking normally, she's actually eating scratch I gave to her in the pet carrier right now. I plan on keeping her inside overnight.
Any ideas how this could have happened? The bleeding seems to have stopped, I tried washing most of the blood from her face with warm water, which she did not like. I'm looking for Blue Kote to put on the open wound right now.
Has something like this ever happened to a hen of yours?
Thanks guys!
