How do you stop young chickens from hurting themselves on the hardware cloth. Almost every one of mine has at some time or another pushed their beak through the wire with such force that the base of their comb (like the bridge of the nose) bleeds a little. The latest was my CLB girl she bled so much that it was dripping off her beak for a bit. We put some neosporin gel and then some Veticryn on the bridge of her nose and she seemed fine after it stopped.
The weird thing is the bleeding didn't seem to bother her one bit. Her temperament and everything was unchanged she was her happy self. With her bobbing her head everywhere I was afraid she was going fling blood drops places but it quickly quit bleeding and you can barely tell now that she even did it.
So far she has bled the most of any chicken and it was only ran for a few drops.
Is there a better treatment?
The weird thing is the bleeding didn't seem to bother her one bit. Her temperament and everything was unchanged she was her happy self. With her bobbing her head everywhere I was afraid she was going fling blood drops places but it quickly quit bleeding and you can barely tell now that she even did it.
So far she has bled the most of any chicken and it was only ran for a few drops.
Is there a better treatment?
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