Chicken getting Pecked Raw! Help!!

[Chlo's chickens!!]

I have a Rode Island Red hen that is one of 6 in a coop and run. They have plenty of room. I have started to notice that this chicken was loosing feathers on its back end. I was looking at it a few minutes ago and saw that it was raw and starting to bleed. It still seems to be acting fine, but I am very worried that they could end up getting injured very bad. Does anyone have any ideas I can use that will help/heal. It is winter and get to 10 degrees at night , so I do not know how I could seperate it when they keep eachother warm at night. If you have any advice it would be greatly appricated. Thank you so much!!

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

Maybe @Eggcessive, @Wyorp Rock , @coach723 , @oldhenlikesdogs , @aart , or someone else will have some advice.

 

[Chlo's chickens!!]

Welcome to BYC!

Maybe @Eggcessive, @Wyorp Rock , @coach723 , @oldhenlikesdogs , @aart , or someone else will have some advice.

Thank you! Is this for everyone to see?

 

[aart]

Well, a clear picture would help.
Have you actually seen the other birds pecking at this one?

More info about:
your flock size(numbers, ages, genders),
your coop(size in feet by feet with pics),
'plenty of room' is not quite enough,
and what and how exactly you are feeding.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you! Is this for everyone to see?

All those people will get an alert telling them I mentioned them.

 

[Chlo's chickens!!]

Well, a clear picture would help.
Have you actually seen the other birds pecking at this one?

More info about:
your flock size(numbers, ages, genders),
your coop(size in feet by feet with pics),
'plenty of room' is not quite enough,
and what and how exactly you are feeding.

I will try to get more pics tomorrow as it is evening right now. I just noticed it when I went outside tonight to feed them because we are going to be gone tomorrow. There is 6 hens is a 80 sguare foot coop. All of them are about 40 weeks. I have not seen them getting pecked, but I am asuming they are doing at night in the coop. I am feeding them cracked corn on really cold nights and of course the pellet chicken feed. Do you have any ideas? Thank you so much!

 

[bobbi-j]

Chickens are generally inactive at night, so that's not likely when it's happening. But as Aart said, a good clear picture will help a whole lot.

 

[junebuggena]

Does the 80 sq feet include both the coop and run? If so, we need to know exactly how big the coop is and exactly how big the run is, not their combined sq footage. What type of chicken feed (layer, starter, grower...)? How much cracked corn? Breeds of your birds?

 

[aart]

Do you have any ideas?

I'm guessing they are crowded and need more protein.
You may need to isolate the injured bird, where they can all see each other but not touch, if the others are pecking at the wounds.

 

[Chlo's chickens!!]

Does the 80 sq feet include both the coop and run? If so, we need to know exactly how big the coop is and exactly how big the run is, not their combined sq footage. What type of chicken feed (layer, starter, grower...)? How much cracked corn? Breeds of your birds?

Sorry, I meant the run is 80 square feet and I woud say the coop is about 20-30 square feet. We feed them layer pellet feed. We give them 2-3 small cups of cracked corn on some nights depending on the temp. The one getting pecked is a Rode Island Red. I have 6, two are Rode Island Reds, two are Buff orpingtons, and the other two are Plymoth Barred Rocks. I will try to get better pic, but it has very few feathers and has a raw spot that looks like it was once bleeding. Any ideas would very well be appriciated!! Thanks!