Crazy Chicken (Blood Warning)

[lawz987]

Thank you all for your suggestions, my dad is extremely grateful, I in a way am now closing this thread. Thank you again all.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you all for your suggestions, my dad is extremely grateful, I in a way am now closing this thread. Thank you again all.

Have you been able to look them over closely yet?

 

[lawz987]

Have you been able to look them over closely yet?

My dad has cleaned them up and is going to get something to put on the redness, thank you for your help

 

[Kiki]

My dad has cleaned them up and is going to get something to put on the redness, thank you for your help

Did they have a lot of open sores?
Or was it just a lot of blood from a little cute?

No prolapsed vents right?
No stuff sticking out of any one's vent?

 

[Birdsong 82]

Good call on that.... been through prolapsed vent. Knowing what the wound are sometimes helps figure out the problem

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

I did a series of chicken necropsies on 10 hens that were “found dead” and turns out they had prolapsed cloacas and their companions eviscerated them from the vent up (started pecking at the vents and then just KEPT GOING eating everything attached ) I think it was a combination of poor ventilation, overcrowding, boredom, and protein deficiency. Definitely a management issue. I’m not saying that is the case here, but sometimes it can’t hurt to look at the housing situation and maybe add some enrichment. Otherwise, some hens are just vicious blankety blanks. Keeping her isolated for a while may reset the pecking order, fingers crossed.

 

[lawz987]

you guys are so helpful I will pass all this info on to my dad, thank you all so much

 

[Birdsong 82]

Please let us know how they’re doing when you have a chance

 

[Eggcessive]

If your dad could look around in a pharmacy, you may find Gentian Violet. That is the purple/blue color in BluKote. It stains, so keep away from clothes and hands, but it is very good to use to cover redness from pecking. Apply it with gloves. Iodine may be a good substitute.