Advice needed: Injured chicken being pecked!

[FarmerGirl69]

I have 7 month old hens...2 EE, 2 Orps, 2 Australorps. They really do get along fine with the occasional 'pecking order' pecking, but never anything serious. Today, one of my EE cut her comb and it was bleeding. I did first aid and she is fine. However, when I put her back in with the other hens, and she was only gone for about 10 minutes, my Australorps and other EE began pecking her wound and wouldn't leave her alone. I took her back out, dried her feathers (because I had washed up the blood), put her back in and they all went to roost. My question is how long does it take for a chicken to 'forget' about the injured chicken (since you can't tell there was even a wound)? Will they wake up tomorrow and be back to 'normal'? Sorry if the questions seem silly, but I'm a first time chicken lady

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I would put some blu Kote on it to hide the redness of the blood. It’s worked for my chickens when they have had issues like this.

 

[mertzy1963]

Yes, put blu kote on to protect it and protect her, same thing happened to one of my hens and that's what I used, worked great and nobody pecked at her.

 

[ChickNanny13]

2x It's not a matter of them forgetting her, they're attracted to the color of blood (red), Blu Kote will cover the red & antiseptic for the wound.

 

[FarmerGirl69]

Thank you for the great advice!!

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[aart]

The comb is already red anyway
I've found blukote to attract as much pecking attention as blood.
Wonders if the comb injury was a result of pecking in the first place?

Knowing more about:
your flock size(numbers, ages, genders),
your coop(size in feet by feet with pics),
and what and how exactly you are feeding,
might offer clues to if there is a solvable problem.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

The comb is already red anyway
I've found blukote to attract as much pecking attention as blood.
Wonders if the comb injury was a result of pecking in the first place?

Knowing more about:
your flock size(numbers, ages, genders),
your coop(size in feet by feet with pics),
and what and how exactly you are feeding,
might offer clues to if there is a solvable problem.

I've wondered about the color of the comb and the blood. However, I'm wondering if the blood looks different and that's why they peck at it more?
Blu kote worked for my situation.

 

[azygous]

Chickens know blood from the red tissue of a comb, be assured. Recently my aging Black Cochin Morgan got herself into a minor scuffle, not so minor for her since she usually only puts herself into motion for food. Her comb was bloodied and even though I hauled her off for routine first aid and got the bleeding stopped, the others kept pecking at the blood, making it continue to bleed all day.

I was too lazy to use the Blu-kote. If I had, the others probably wouldn't have focused on the wound as much as they did. I recommend it highly.