Thanks all! At least I hope this goes to all. The scalped hen, Pepper, has bigger problems now. She's overall weak and floppy. My songave her nutridrench and another supplement and I lll do it again in the morning. Hoping for the best.
I have a scalped chicken living in a crate in a bathroom while she heals. She did have another pullet with her, they're buddies, but yesterday there were pulled feathers off her friend and her head wound had been pecked. So I took the friend back to my son's coop, figuring one unhappy chicken...
I live in a small town in rural eastern California. I have 2 borrowed chickens in my backyard while my chicks grow up. I also have a scalped hen living in a crate my bathroom, a victim of the 2 outside. Eventually, she and my 3 other chicks will live out back and the 2 current hens will go home...