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    Hen has injury to her comb

    Yes it is always best to remove a chicken before serious injury. But if it is just a case of pecking feathers or not really inflicting injury. You can put a distaste ink salve on to help stop the pecking. But ou are right, serious pecking can result in injury or death. In my case, the hen was...
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    Hen has injury to her comb

    It is always better if you don't remove the injured bird as it starts the pecking order all over again when she is put back. Putting the salve on will deter pecking and give her injury time to heal. But you will have to keep applying so they won't keep picking
  3. chickiechick2

    Hen has injury to her comb

    Correction. Add the pine tar to the bag balm to make a salve consistency. 1large spoonful of Vaseline or bag balm to small amount of pine tar . Add enough of pine tar so that the mixture is dark and smells strong. But don't add too much to make it runny. Smear it on to pecked wounds to...
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    Hen has injury to her comb

    You can buy pine tar in the horse section of tractor supply. Some people put that on the chickens as it stinks and is bitter to the others pecking. It is also very runny and hard to apply. I found if you make it into a salve it works quite well in keeping the others from pecking. First, but...
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    Considering adding ducks!!

    A few years ago I decided to get 5 chicks and 2 baby mallard ducks. When they got older, the ducks constantly fouled the chickens water. They have a habit of drinking water then taking their beak and running it on the dirt then back into the water. The water was dirty in minutes. It is...
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    Help! Pecking Problem!

    Buy pine tar in the horse section of TS and a can of bag balm or use Vaseline if you can't find bag balm. Mix a large spoonful of bag balm in a jar or cup and a small spoonful of pine tar into it. The bag balm is antiseptic and will help sooth raw skin. The pine tar smells terrible and chickens...
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    What do you do with pine tar?

    My chickens was peckinging the bottoms of the others. I tried everything I could think of. Pine tar was the last thing to try. Opening the can and seeing how thin the liquid was seemed like it was going to just drip down her leg. So I got to thinking and thought if I could make a salve out of...
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