Help! OB Healthy Hen Has a Tear At The Back of Her Comb

[For The Love of Peeps]

Hi All,

I'm Not Sure How She Tore Her Comb. It's About 1/3 inch tear at the back ot it, right at her scalp. It Almost Looks Like She Got Her Head Stuck in Wire or Something, and Pulled Her Head Back.

I Don't Seem To Have Any Predators Around. The Rest of The Flock Are Fine. I Put Some Triple Antibiotic Ointment on It, The Best I Could. She Was Just Resting in The Coop, This Morning, But Now She Is Out Free Ranging. Should I Do Anything Else?

Thank You in Adavnce.

 

[klmclain1]

It sounds like you're doing the right thing. I'm assuming she's not bleeding anymore if she ever was. Put the ointment on everyday for a while - until it looks like it's mostly healed up!

 

[GreenGables]

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X2 She should heal fine.

 

[speckledhen]

One of my blue Orps did that. Her beautiful comb now flops to one side and sits on her head like a beret, LOL. Goofy things manage to do all sorts of stuff to themselves, don't they?

 

[Blue_Myst]

You're doing the right thing, just keep up with the ointment and she should be fine!

Chickens are hardy little birds--it's amazing what they can overcome.

I had a hen do a similar thing. I suspect the metal feeder, but I never knew for certain. Now part of her crown is completely perpendicular to the rest, forming an "L". There was a lot of blood, but she healed in mere days. The new crown rather suits her personality.

 

[For The Love of Peeps]

Thanks Everyone. It is bleeding more tonight, but she is still eating and running around.

Her's will probably end up "a little forward"! I still don't know what happened! If she worsens I will ask for more advice. Thanks Again.