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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Final post on the recovery from being scalped on Christmas morning. As the prior pictures show, she's mostly regrown her feathers and the last couple weeks has not required any medical attention to the area or to cover up bald spots. These pictures were taken last night, 5 weeks to the day...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Monday: it's up to 28! and the sun has but out for most of the day, which does a miracle when it hits the greenhouse honeycomb panels of the barn windows on the East side. Barn was 32.5 this morning (not bad since the low was 10) but I just did mid-afternoon check and it's 50 degrees in there...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    When I was younger, I was quick enough to catch one greedily eating. But between bad knees and imperfect balance, I waited til she roosted. Had all my supplies out and ready- nonstick sterile guaze, antibiotic ointment, strips of 1" wrap and even some paper towels for cleaning the wound...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Saturday- it was 19 when I got up, and has pretty much stayed there all day. will drop to 10 overnight, but they say we'll get back up to 19 tomorrow before back down to 10. The chickens are quite annoyed to be in the barn, they probably think it's still 65 and sunny outside. The barn has not...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Integration is going super well-- they are spending several hours out in the run together, with both groups having access to the coop. I still separate at night.... Two of the younger group have started laying- Bernice and Fancy. Sadly this winter weather is going to put a cramp in all this...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Today I took a deep breath and let the littles out into the area where the big girls normally go, then the big girls into the smaller area. The thought was to let the littles explore the rest of the area. So much for thinking things out, because within 60 seconds, Fancy flew to the top of the...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Today marks 24 days since Thelma was "scalped". I took a few pictures outside when I thought I might let them all roam together for the first time-- that did not work out. I decided before I put them all together, the younger group should have a chance to explore the other section of the run...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    I did not get pictures since Tuesday, but you can see those feathers are really coming in. Tonight it's getting down to 17 so I have been busy fortifying the coop near the area the younger group roosts. I put an LED panel heater up behind their roost. 17 is just very cold. Yesterday I had...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Y'all! @Eggcessive and @Bawkbok -- look at this girl! It's day 19 since she was scalped and I'm excited to show her progress! Look at those feathers! Now I can see that she is still bald right on top of her head, but when I squinted real hard, I thought I saw a few more trying to come in...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Doing a lot of thinking on when to try the full integration. The injured hen has been reintegrated with her peers-- today is the 13th day. They are doing well. There is still "posturing" behavior going on-- run up, fluff feathers, hop straight in the air and look fierce. But I have not seen...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Updated pictures. They are labeled as 15 days, but it's actually 16 days post injury. I can now feel a little stubble with my finger. There are 'bald' skin areas on both sides, and I tried to cover them a bit with the BluKote but may switch to something more soothing on those areas. I...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Turns BluKote also comes in a bottle with a dauber. I ordered it from Chewy. :)
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Oh dear. Surely don't want those feathers looking tempting! And they will do nothing but get more visible. I will try spraying the BluKote into a tiny container, then using the applicator from the Peck no more (that applicator is an effective design). I just need to be careful, you can see...
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    Integration mishap- pullet with bloody head

    Today pretty much marks 2 weeks since the little girl was scalped. and it was time for more BluKote, so we took pictures tonight. I need readers, but did not have them on, but I felt her head to and did not really feel anything to remark upon. I also had a bit of trouble applying the...
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    Odd poop picture

    I think maybe it was a "one off" thing. I saw only normal poop under the roost the next night, but since it was harder to examine on shavings I moved the shavings and put down PDZ powder-- so easy to see, easy to clean. This morning, all's well. Yesterday there was one big nasty cecal poop...
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