Hen injured by another hen - Not sure what to do - **pics** (Updated)

[Debbienmousey]

She looks like she's doing much better! I've never had that happen to any of my hens, but once a BO mix of ours got a bloodied head by too much mating.

The other chickens should accept her. They'll probably peck a little to re-determine where your BO ranks on the pecking order, but it should be nothing severe. I don't know how long the coloring from the Blu-Kote will stay since I've never used it, but you may want to wait until her feathers are normal color. (If she has to molt the feathers for them to be buff again then I'd just put her back in with the others once her head heals.)

 

[mermaidgoat]

I let her free-range on the lawn with the other hens for a bit today and stayed very close in case she started getting picked on. After a couple of initial pecks by an EE and a RSL she was left alone. I'll still keep her separated until she heals completely, but watching her with the others for a couple of hours this afternoon did give me hope that she will be able to reintegrate.