Injured chicken, can I bring her inside?

[EllaTheQueen6]

Hi, I made a thread yesterday about how my hen lost a good several inches of skin on the back of her neck. She's in her own separate cage outside, but the problem is it's cold. I live in Michigan and we have 40 degree F nights around this time, and although I know she can regulated her temperature, I'm still worried. I also want to be able to treat her properly, and I don't want bugs going at her wounds. I have everything she needs inside my house, but the problem is isolation. Would it be okay to just have her in here for a week or two?

 

[Yardmom]

Do you need to restrict her movement? Are your other hens pecking at the wound? If not it might be better to let her heal in the flock. The more she is pulled out of the flock the more likely the other birds are to attack her when placed back with the flock.

If the answer was yes to either of the first questions keep her in the cage insight of the others as much as is reasonable possible. I would expect her to be fine in 40 degree temperatures, but if she is struggling to maintain her own body temperature just bring her in on the coldest nights.