I guess we should be thankful, but Pullet has bloody comb and we need HELP!

[Birdsonghill]

12 gauge shotguns are very effective coyote control. I try and avoid shooting all animals, including coyotes, but when they are raiding your livestock and next to your home it is time to defend yourself and property. I only free range a handful of roosters to look at and eat ticks and such, mainly because of the large predator and stray dog situation in my area. Some local government agencies will loan out large live traps that I have used successfully with jack mackerel as bait, if you can't bring yourself to kill the coyote. Good luck! The advice of the others to clean up the hens wounds, treat with AB and separate her from the flock is sound advice and she likely will be fine. I have had far worse injuries over the decades to birds who recovered well with some attention and isolation from the flock for a short recovery period. Best wishes for your flock.

 

[NatJ]

I see several people suggesting that you separate her until her comb heals.
They are right that other chickens can pick at her, and she will heal better if she is safe.

But if you take her completel away (like into your house), the other chickens will forget her, and putting her back will be like re-introducing a new chicken (who may get bullied.)

I suggest you put her in something like a wire dog crate, inside the coop or run. That way she and the other chickens can stay acquainted with each other, and when she is healed you can release her with little or no fuss. (This is the same as a look-no-touch introduction method, but in this case it does double duty as protection while she heals.)

 

[Smokerbill]

I see several people suggesting that you separate her until her comb heals.
They are right that other chickens can pick at her, and she will heal better if she is safe.

But if you take her completel away (like into your house), the other chickens will forget her, and putting her back will be like re-introducing a new chicken (who may get bullied.)

I suggest you put her in something like a wire dog crate, inside the coop or run. That way she and the other chickens can stay acquainted with each other, and when she is healed you can release her with little or no fuss. (This is the same as a look-no-touch introduction method, but in this case it does double duty as protection while she heals.)

That's what I did, in a way. My chickens have a secure run they spend their nights in and one side of the coop is against one run wall. I confined the injured hen to the coop. I made a screened wall for the coop so the birds could still see each other, but not touch.

 

[Smokerbill]

I know this seems ridiculous, but could this be an option to protect the injured comb without isolation?

 

[Birdsonghill]

I see several people suggesting that you separate her until her comb heals.
They are right that other chickens can pick at her, and she will heal better if she is safe.

But if you take her completel away (like into your house), the other chickens will forget her, and putting her back will be like re-introducing a new chicken (who may get bullied.)

I suggest you put her in something like a wire dog crate, inside the coop or run. That way she and the other chickens can stay acquainted with each other, and when she is healed you can release her with little or no fuss. (This is the same as a look-no-touch introduction method, but in this case it does double duty as protection while she heals.)

Agreed! I usually put them in a wire cage in sight of the others. However, even then, if they are separated a long time it can cause some trouble on releasing the injured bird back into the coop population. That is why I said a short time. They usually will not be too bad if it is just a short separation! Try and get them back into the general flock asap. Thanks for mentioning this!