Comb has been ripped off

[Walton Mama]

Hello, I have 4-week-old chicks. I check on them periodically during the day and when I checked on them last night, 2 Wyandottes have had their combs ripped off. There is no blood. I have RRR bullies that I removed them from the flock. How should I proceed? I'm concerned about adding them back into the flock. The one RRR is very friendly to me but I have seen her jump the others (pecking order I assumed). The larger RRR hen is not so friendly and is definitely a bully. They are not outside yet because of the weather here. The injured seem to be doing fine. I put Neosporin on them. ANY SUGGESTIONS, please.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Hello, I have 4-week-old chicks. I check on them periodically during the day and when I checked on them last night, 2 Wyandottes have had their combs ripped off. There is no blood. I have RRR bullies that I removed them from the flock. How should I proceed? I'm concerned about adding them back into the flock. The one RRR is very friendly to me but I have seen her jump the others (pecking order I assumed). The larger RRR hen is not so friendly and is definitely a bully. They are not outside yet because of the weather here. The injured seem to be doing fine. I put Neosporin on them. ANY SUGGESTIONS, please.

Can I see a picture of what their heads look like after them getting ripped off?

 

[Walton Mama]

Can I see a picture of what their heads look like after them getting ripped off?

I will have to have my daughter help me to take a picture. They want cuddle in my hair. It literally looks like they were scalped.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I will have to have my daughter help me to take a picture. They want cuddle in my hair. It literally looks like they were scalped.

I would think to leave them seperated until you know that it is healed and try putting the chicks back. They don't have combs to get ripped off anymore. Keep giving them neosporin and maybe some vaseline when there are no wounds, vaseline will help prevent cracking of the skin.

 

[Walton Mama]

Can I see a picture of what their heads look like after them getting ripped off?

 

[Walton Mama]

 

[Walton Mama]

This is one of my poor chicks

 

[Walton Mama]

I would think to leave them seperated until you know that it is healed and try putting the chicks back. They don't have combs to get ripped off anymore. Keep giving them neosporin and maybe some vaseline when there are no wounds, vaseline will help prevent cracking of the skin.

I would think to leave them seperated until you know that it is healed and try putting the chicks back. They don't have combs to get ripped off anymore. Keep giving them neosporin and maybe some vaseline when there are no wounds, vaseline will help prevent cracking of the skin.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Are you sure it was ripped off? That just looks like how Wyandotte combs look. Wyandottes don’t have big combs like other chickens. They have a different type of comb.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Unless they looked different before?