Brahma bloody feet

[Chicken quack house]

I have a Brahma, it’s not adult size and the older chickens always bully him so I have him in a separate place with 2 other chickens his size. The 2 others are regular chicks. He’s the only Brahma chicken i have, I have this new issue that’s never happened with him. His feathers on his feet are plucked off and his feet are all bloody. I’ve seen the other chicks start pecking on his feet but they get along just fine. I don’t know what this is and can someone please help on what I should do

 

[MGG]

I have a Brahma, it’s not adult size and the older chickens always bully him so I have him in a separate place with 2 other chickens his size. The 2 others are regular chicks. He’s the only Brahma chicken i have, I have this new issue that’s never happened with him. His feathers on his feet are plucked off and his feet are all bloody. I’ve seen the other chicks start pecking on his feet but they get along just fine. I don’t know what this is and can someone please help on what I should do

This happened to my Brahma mix too. If he's molting, either a pin feather got broken and is bleeding, or someone pecked out a leg feather. Seperate him for a couple days and keep his legs clean. If he's the only feather footed bird he'll get picked on a lot. I've noticed a lot of bullying and pecking of the feet on the feather leggeds by my clean legged birds.

 

[Chicken quack house]

This happened to my Brahma mix too. If he's molting, either a pin feather got broken and is bleeding, or someone pecked out a leg feather. Seperate him for a couple days and keep his legs clean. If he's the only feather footed bird he'll get picked on a lot. I've noticed a lot of bullying and pecking of the feet on the feather leggeds by my clean legged birds.

What do I clean his legs with ?

 

[MGG]

What do I clean his legs with ?

I'd use warm water and any kind of soap. Then towel dry them afterwards. If you have any vetricyn or blu-kote you can put that on too.

 

[micstrachan]

Poor guy. Does it seem to be bothering him? Nustock might be soothing and discourage pecking due to the pine tar.

 

[Chicken quack house]

Poor guy. Does it seem to be bothering him? Nustock might be soothing and discourage pecking due to the pine tar.

No it’s not bothering him, I separated him from the other chicks and bought some hen healer. I still don’t know what I’m going to do since he’s the only feather legged chicken I have

 

[micstrachan]

He’s going to be huge. I bet he’ll hold his own. I have one Brahma hen. Once a flock mate plucked at her butt feathers and she spun around and stomped on the other hen’s back. That put an end to it.

 

[Chicken quack house]

He’s going to be huge. I bet he’ll hold his own. I have one Brahma hen. Once a flock mate plucked at her butt feathers and she spun around and stomped on the other hen’s back. That put an end to it.

What age do you think would be good to put him in the coop with the rest of the older chickens ? I’ve had him separated for so long because he barely grows

 

[micstrachan]

What age do you think would be good to put him in the coop with the rest of the older chickens ? I’ve had him separated for so long because he barely grows

How old is he now and how big is the flock? Integrating a single bird can be tough, but I’m not sure with roosters. For reference, I have three 14-week-old pullets and just let them spend a full day unsupervised with ten adult hens for the first time today. They’ve had bouts of supervised free range time together for several weeks and have also had see-no-touch time all day for several weeks, too.

 

[TwoCrows]

I moved this thread to our Managing your Flock forums, I hope you can get this issue resolved soon!