Chicken's wing bow bleeding and kind of infected PLEASE HELP!!

[EasterChickens]

Hello everyone, I'm very disappointed that my chicken saddle didn't work very well. I bought it around 2 months ago and it was working very well at the start and now when i took it off and checked her wing bow/shoulder, its ripped off with no feathers and is bleeding and I'm VERY sure it is caused by the elastic bands around her wing bow or shoulder from her wearing the saddle for long periods of time (it's only been 2 months). I'm so worried and i don't know what to do!! If ANYONE could give me thoughts/cures on this problem, please do ASAP.

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Thank you so much,
Valerie

 

[Katanahamon]

In this case it is nothing dangerous. On the contrary, the life of some roosters might be saved by it, as a good rooster pedicure can prevent a lot of serious damage to the hens that would be caused otherwise.

I guess “going out feet first” flashed through my mind for whatever reason, I’m always seeing those rooster euphemisms like “freezer camp” everywhere I look..

 

[Katanahamon]

Totally fine! Give me as much info as you can I don't mind. Why would I need to boil water and cool it? Isn't that the same thing as just warm water? @Katanahamon

Warm water might not be sterile..mold spores and certain bacteria can survive quite high temperatures, that’s why I suggested boiled, cooled enough to touch water as a stopgap for a can of the sterile spray stuff..and warm water is usually a blend of hot water, which may be sanitized, and cold, which definitely isn’t.
edit..obviously in an emergency you would use potable tap water, but, given the choice, you should use a sterile fluid to wash a wound as the goal is not to introduce yet more badness, but to flush as much away as possible. There are three levels of clean..there’s clean, which is just visually free from obvious contaminants and dirt, then sanitized, which means bacteria, molds and viruses are so reduced as to not pose an immediate issue, then there’s sterile, which implies a process by which all microscopic life has been eliminated. Sanitized is the best you can hope for in a wound..

 

[LaFleche]

Hello sourland, thank you for your reply, I have 4 chickens and she is the 3rd highest in pecking order ( rooster, 2nd leghorn, and 3rd leghorn (which is her) and a easter egger) No one has been pecking her at all from what I see, the rooster is very nice (just overmates) the 2nd leghorn pecks her on the head when she eats something that the 2nd leghorn wants. However, she her-self does scratch/peck the elastic bands around her sometimes because she doesn't like it very much. Yes, she is the only one affected by this wing bow/shoulder problem because she is the only one that is wearing a saddle.

The ratio of only three hens to one rooster is unhealthy, although with some breeds like Silkies this might work.

An active breed like a Leghorn rooster would need about 8-12 hens in order to give the hens some rest for feeding, preening and dustbathing activities, a chicken saddle seems not a real solution to me.

At least give him a nice rooster pedicure trimming back his nails and spurs and then filing them until there will be no sharp edges left.

 

[Katanahamon]

The ratio of only three hens to one rooster is unhealthy, although with some breeds like Silkies this might work.

An active breed like a Leghorn rooster would need about 8-12 hens in order to give the hens some rest for feeding, preening and dustbathing activities, a chicken saddle seems not a real solution to me.

At least give him a nice rooster pedicure trimming back his nails and spurs and then filing them until there will be no sharp edges left.

“A nice rooster pedicure” ..sounds kind of ominous..lol…

 

[LaFleche]

Hello LaFleche, I have an easter egger rooster not a leghorn but he is not that active regularly but he overmates a little. I don't think I can get anymore hens as of right now.

Easter eggers are ususally quite active too, and depending on the breeds used for the mix they can even be too heavy for Leghorns.

What are your reasons for keeping a rooster? Do you want him for future breeding purposes or just as pet?
For the health of your three hens it would be better to rehome him.

ETA: Maybe even get another hen instead?

 

[LaFleche]

“A nice rooster pedicure” ..sounds kind of ominous..lol…

In this case it is nothing dangerous. On the contrary, the life of some roosters might be saved by it, as a good rooster pedicure can prevent a lot of serious damage to the hens that would be caused otherwise.

 

[EasterChickens]

Easter eggers are ususally quite active too, and depending on the breeds used for the mix they can even be too heavy for Leghorns.

What are your reasons for keeping a rooster? Do you want him for future breeding purposes or just as pet?
For the health of your three hens it would be better to rehome him.

I just keep him as a pet.

 

[Katanahamon]

Thank you so much! I will be starting right now.

I edited to give you some more info..but good luck..we all hate to see birds get injured!

 

[Katanahamon]

Thank you so much! I will be starting right now.

If you have a plastic syringe for flushing, you can take apart, clean it and toss it in the boiling water for a minute or so to sanitize, (I’d just boil it, but some plastics are too soft to survive the boiling..not all syringes are medical grade..) then use it to flush the wound when it’s cool enough to use the water. I think Gail Damerow’s book on chicken health has a recipe for making your own saline solution, and electrolytes solution, that’s a great book to have..