"hen pecked" hen

[jchic]

I have a 7-8 month old meat bird someone gave me. She is huge; she has to be at least 10 pounds! Anyway, she was in my coop with some guinea hens that pecked her back side raw. For the last week we have isolated her alone in a coop in our garage to heal. But her bottom look awful, lots of poop and scabs. My husband wants to bring her in to give her a bath but I'm worried because it's 20 degrees outside and even though there is a heat lamp, and I wouldn't put back outside while wet, I don't want to taking her in to warm then back out to cold. What should we do?
I did a picture but it's a bad one. It's red because of the heat lamp.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Give her a bath, use a blow dryer to dry her off, let her cool off, then put her outside. If she seems cold, let her be. She'll get used to it.

 

[Christine972]

I will watch this thread because I have a similar problem with one hen .. It is very cold out and if I bring her in for a bath , then what? At least she can't be bothered by flies this time of year!

 

[Nutmeg15]

Is there any way you could keep her separated from the other hens, or use some anti-pecking medicine on her back? Also, it would probably be the best idea to give her a bath in order to help her back heal.

 

[Christine972]

How do you get a chicken to hold still and not be terrified of a blow dryer which they have never seen or heard before???

 

[jchic]

Is there any way you could keep her separated from the other hens, or use some anti-pecking medicine on her back? Also, it would probably be the best idea to give her a bath in order to help her back heal.

I do have her separated from the others. I just want to clean her up without changing her temperature too much.

 

[jchic]

How do you get a chicken to hold still and not be terrified of a blow dryer which they have never seen or heard before???

Wrap her in a towel. It's definitely a two person job!

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I have a 7-8 month old meat bird someone gave me. She is huge; she has to be at least 10 pounds! Anyway, she was in my coop with some guinea hens that pecked her back side raw. For the last week we have isolated her alone in a coop in our garage to heal. But her bottom look awful, lots of poop and scabs. My husband wants to bring her in to give her a bath but I'm worried because it's 20 degrees outside and even though there is a heat lamp, and I wouldn't put back outside while wet, I don't want to taking her in to warm then back out to cold. What should we do?
I did a picture but it's a bad one. It's red because of the heat lamp.

There was a post today about a coop fire, likely from a heat lamp. Why are you providing heat? Are you brooding chicks?

Good luck

Gary

 

[jchic]

There was a post today about a coop fire, likely from a heat lamp. Why are you providing heat? Are you brooding chicks?

Good luck

Gary

 

[jchic]

My husband insists on having a heat lamp for our girls. We do get pretty cold temps here, -40.