TxChickenGeek
Chirping
- Nov 24, 2020
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Hello.
This is my first post on Backyard Chickens. I am hoping someone has some advice for me.
I have a chicken being treated for bumblefoot. She has to be separated from the rest of the flock to keep her on a different bedding to try to keep the wound cleaner as it heals. I have her in a small pen in the larger run during the day and in a dog cage in the coop at night. I was trying to keep her with/part of the flock as much as possible.
I have seen some picking at her through the bars of the fence/crate. She doesn't try to stay out of reach and fights back, and she has some injuries to her comb now; they are healing ok.
I let her out in the yard to roam with the flock some when I gave them all yard time out of the run, and the rest of the birds were picking at her, especially the one who rules the roost. She tends to try to keep her distance, but if they get too close, they chase her.
We are about to have some rainy days, so I can't leave her in the small pen because it isn't covered. I have had to set her space up in the garage. I plan to keep letting her sleep in the coop with the others in her small cage.
Does anyone have any advice for getting the rest of the flock to reaccept her more smoothly, especially now that I have to have her really out of sight in the garage for the next few wet days? I know there is a pecking order and they are chickens being chickens, but after all this time trying to get her healthy, I don't want them hurting her more.
Thank you for any advice you may be able to offer.
This is my first post on Backyard Chickens. I am hoping someone has some advice for me.
I have a chicken being treated for bumblefoot. She has to be separated from the rest of the flock to keep her on a different bedding to try to keep the wound cleaner as it heals. I have her in a small pen in the larger run during the day and in a dog cage in the coop at night. I was trying to keep her with/part of the flock as much as possible.
I have seen some picking at her through the bars of the fence/crate. She doesn't try to stay out of reach and fights back, and she has some injuries to her comb now; they are healing ok.
I let her out in the yard to roam with the flock some when I gave them all yard time out of the run, and the rest of the birds were picking at her, especially the one who rules the roost. She tends to try to keep her distance, but if they get too close, they chase her.
We are about to have some rainy days, so I can't leave her in the small pen because it isn't covered. I have had to set her space up in the garage. I plan to keep letting her sleep in the coop with the others in her small cage.
Does anyone have any advice for getting the rest of the flock to reaccept her more smoothly, especially now that I have to have her really out of sight in the garage for the next few wet days? I know there is a pecking order and they are chickens being chickens, but after all this time trying to get her healthy, I don't want them hurting her more.
Thank you for any advice you may be able to offer.