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Just wanted to let y'all know how we're doing over here! What caused the rip in Ladybird's comb is still a mystery, but whatever it was hasn't happened again. I cleaned off the little blood that was left, and administered Green Goo once a day. And now it's healed up! I guess the combs heal fast...

Drat. I've been putting off fixing the garage door because procrastinating is my jam. But I definitely don't want any more chicky injuries! But still, this is a much less scary problem than the hypothetical comb-eating-virus I was imagining. :)

@Northwest_Wannabe , thank you for your input! Tomorrow I'm going to try to clean off the top of her head, and slap on some green goo near the wound area. I think you're probably exactly correct...It makes sense that the black on her head would be dried blood, and I'm only just now able to see...

Help, please! I have 4 hens, all a little over a year old. (No roosters.) They free-range in my medium-sized backyard during the day, and sleep in a secure coop at night. We had a spate of fowl pox in December, but only one of them seemed to have a really hard time with it. Ladybird had a couple...