Help! Bleeding Feather

[basketmom]

My Polish Rooster had his head pecked bald from another rooster (which we no longer have). Anyway, it has been at least a month and his feathers are starting to grow back on his head. However, I noticed today one of the broken feathers (just stub left) is bleeding small drops. What do I do??

 

[OhMyItsAndyy]

Clean it with someting, like Tea tree oil or iodine, peroxide etc. Whatever you use, and then i'd just make sure it doesn't bleed badly. Maybe drop a little flour onto the bleeding area to stop it?

 

[newdock]

I had that happen to one of my turkeys last summer. I dusted the area with white flour and it worked like a charm. Keep an eye on yours as the others will be drawn to the red blood and will peck at it. The white flour on the white turkey solved this problem as well as stopped the bleeding. Good luck!

Donna

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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[OhMyItsAndyy]

OhMyItsAndyy wrote:
Clean it with someting, like Tea tree oil or iodine, peroxide etc. Whatever you use, and then i'd just make sure it doesn't bleed badly. Maybe drop a little flour onto the bleeding area to stop it?

Someone else paid attention in chicken class! Good job!

Haha! I go on this site everyday. It's like... Chickens go to bed, so Andyy goes to the chicken place

 

[nnbreeder]

A broken feather will beed for a long time. A feather that is gone not so long. Pull the feather out and then place your finger on the area for a few minutes, it will stop bleeding almost immediatly.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

If it were me I would do the same that we do with our parrots. If it is the quill that is bleeding grasp it firmly with hemostats or similar and pluck the quil out. the skin will seal it and bleeding is done. Otherwise it can take a long time cause everytime it gets bumped it will start bleeding again. And that feather can get infected if not taken care of.
Just my .02.

 

[basketmom]

Thank you all so much, I love this site !!

I put flour on him tonight and I will see if that helps the bleeding, if not we will pull it out tomorrow. Will all the little stubs (don't know what else to call them), bleed until they grow new feathers? He has alot of them on the very top of his head. I think two of them are bleeding, not sure. Or I wonder if the bleeding is just because he bumped his poor little head?