Compound tail fracture pullet

[arbolen]

I am new to raising chicken and keeping my pullets alive has been quite the challenge. I lost my 1st 3 to predators. I feel confident everything is secure. So, I just got three new pullets. They are 8 weeks. I was trying to see how they would do with the 6 month Cockrell. I had them in my 2nd coop which is in the same run. I watch them for a week and he didn't seem to mind them. I let them together and he wawas being too mean. Some how one of the pullet ended up wedged between his ramp and the side of his cage. It was bad but I got the bleeding stopped, added neosporin with out pain killer, and applied a bandage. She is a bit fevered. I put he back with her sisters and she seem to be doing okay. I think the pygostyle might have been desleeved. I don't know what a pullets tail normally looks like. Is it just smooth skin with feathers?

 

[arbolen]

I think what I'm seeing is a bloodied preen gland.

 

[Kiki]

Do you have any clear pictures of the area?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Can you post a picture of the wound?
Regardless, it's a wound and you've done well to clean and medicate it. Unless he pulled the preen gland completely out, it should heal with or without a bandage.

Teenage cockerels can be overexuberant hormone-driven bullies, and your pullets are too young to be subjected to his amorous activities or bullying. If he's been raised without older chickens to teach him manners, he'll do what he's doing with no constraints.
You need to separate him until the girls are fully grown and nearly ready to lay.

 

[arbolen]

She seems to be doing well today. Her fever is down and the wound is closed. She is moving around without issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

The other pullets may peck at her bloody tail and preen gland. You could try spraying BluKote on it to hide the red, or you may need to keep her separated in a dog crate with food and water. Keep that young cockerel away from those little ones until they are grown. He may injure all of them.

 

[arbolen]

I got blukote for her. She seems to be doing really well with her sisters. They seemed to be leaving her alone. I feel bad for Radagast my cockerel. He lost his sister and last cuddle buddy to a hawk about 3 weeks ago. He'll have to spend the winter alone. Different coop but same run. This past 15 weeks I've dealt with raccoons, hawks, illness, and now this. It's like Murphy's law meets raising chickens over here. I still enjoy there presence though.