EMERGENCY!!! NEED HELP NOW!!!

[Star and eclipsa]

My production red pullet keeps pecking the head of my white polish cockerel. Whenever I catch her doing it I push her away and tell her to stop, but she started pecking him today while I was cleaning up my bedroom and they where in the living room and he is really hurt on his head. What should I do about the injury? How do I stop her from pecking him?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Separate them.. non medicated neosporen works well. Don't use the pain re leaver version.
Others will be here soon to reply. Keep them separated.

 

[azygous]

Poor little guy. That's the burden he will bear for having such a lovely poof on his head, and it won't get much easier for him because the Polish poof is an irresistible target for most chickens.

First aid is easy compared to preventing further attacks. A quick mop-up with a Q-tip and peroxide or Betadine will clean the wound, and an antibiotic ointment will protect it while it heals. Blue-kote is also a good small wound dressing and it will disguise the redness of the wound to discourage further pecking.

But you need to try to stop him from being a victim. It's not going to be easy to convince the other chickens to quit picking at his head, especially an aggressive breed as reds are. The best thing would be to let him have some more Polish and segregate them as their own flock. It's an uphill battle trying to keep Polish from being pecked on their poofy heads.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Separate them.. non medicated neosporen works well. Don't use the pain re leaver version.
Others will be here soon to reply. Keep them separated.

I already have them separated and the production red is freaking out and trying to get out of the cage i have her in as a punishment while the white polish is here cuddling with me and eating treats until I can convince my mom to get something to put on his head. I don't have any medicine other than the stuff I have been warned not to use before.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Poor little guy. That's the burden he will bear for having such a lovely poof on his head, and it won't get much easier for him because the Polish poof is an irresistible target for most chickens.

First aid is easy compared to preventing further attacks. A quick mop-up with a Q-tip and peroxide or Betadine will clean the wound, and an antibiotic ointment will protect it while it heals. Blue-kote is also a good small wound dressing and it will disguise the redness of the wound to discourage further pecking.

But you need to try to stop him from being a victim. It's not going to be easy to convince the other chickens to quit picking at his head, especially an aggressive breed as reds are. The best thing would be to let him have some more Polish and segregate them as their own flock. It's an uphill battle trying to keep Polish from being pecked on their poofy heads.

I only have two chickens, and my mom and grandma won't let me buy more.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Someone told me not to use peroxide on an injury.

 

[Orpingtons43]

I also had this problem and separated my polish from the EE. I used blue-kote and peroxide along with antibiotics. Her wound healed Nicely hope he gets better!

 

[Jessdesk]

You will have to separate him. If you can pout him where he can see the other chickens, but be protected that would be ideal.

I use a wound lotion and sprinkle corn starch or baking powder on it, if it's big. Honey with corn starch will also work. Honey is an awesome wound cover.

 

[Kusanar]

Someone told me not to use peroxide on an injury.

Peroxide is good for initial wound CLEANING but only once at the beginning. Once it starts to heal, the peroxide will also damage the new tissue that is growing in so once it is healing, don't use the peroxide again, but it is perfectly fine to use on a scrape type would like is on his head to clean it and get all the germs out the first day that you are treating it.

make sense?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Poor little guy. That's the burden he will bear for having such a lovely poof on his head, and it won't get much easier for him because the Polish poof is an irresistible target for most chickens.

First aid is easy compared to preventing further attacks. A quick mop-up with a Q-tip and peroxide or Betadine will clean the wound, and an antibiotic ointment will protect it while it heals. Blue-kote is also a good small wound dressing and it will disguise the redness of the wound to discourage further pecking.

But you need to try to stop him from being a victim. It's not going to be easy to convince the other chickens to quit picking at his head, especially an aggressive breed as reds are. The best thing would be to let him have some more Polish and segregate them as their own flock. It's an uphill battle trying to keep Polish from being pecked on their poofy heads.

Thus the reason to keep birds of a different feather not together. I do only large breeds. If I introduce any tiny breads to my birds, they will be doomed. Chickens are vicious creatures to each other. They are hardwired that way.
Back in the day when we did tiny show birds and such. We had separate quarters.
My Goats are the same way. Like a totem pole.