- Oct 28, 2014
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Hi, I have 6 ex battery hens and one hen jumped the electric fence a week ago for a wander and came back with 2 puncture wounds on her back, a broken wing and huge gash above her wing. as soon as I moved her out the coup, the other 5 hens gathered around her and went to attack her. Ive moved her into an outhouse in a huge wooden crate with sawdust, blanket, cushion, food and water. The vet recomended not strapping her wing and using a blue spray on the wounds. A week on she is doing fabulous and has got rather used to her tuna sandwiches, fruit and nut platters and her nightly hot water bottle and paracetamol. Apart from looking like a smurf she is bright eyed, moving round, healthy poops and pees, her wounds have callussed over with no heat or redness around them.
My main concern is her lonliness and how/when do I introduce her back into the flock. Ive heard about spraying them with vinegar before the intruduction but ive tried it before and had no luck. she just seems so lonely. ive never had a reaction so calculated on attacking from any of the hens ive kept before, they circled her and all went in together, horrid! I know its nature.
thanks
My main concern is her lonliness and how/when do I introduce her back into the flock. Ive heard about spraying them with vinegar before the intruduction but ive tried it before and had no luck. she just seems so lonely. ive never had a reaction so calculated on attacking from any of the hens ive kept before, they circled her and all went in together, horrid! I know its nature.
thanks