Injured hen, need advice

[BaronVonP]

Hi folks,
my chicken free range all day and I lock them up at night, today I was doing some chores and went out to close the coop when it was already dark.
Unfortunately, the coop door was shut (probably due to a gust of wind, though it's not windy today) and the ladies couldn't get back inside.. I went looking and found all four of them, one hiding under the bushes and the other three roosting on the fence of the dog kennel which is right next to the coop (empty kennel, was already standing when I bought the house a few months ago).
They all seem to be fine except for one of them which is bleeding on top of her head, I separated her from the others and put her in a cage in the garage (heated) for the night.

I will post a picture and hope you can advise me on how to treat her.. I honestly have no experience and the only thing I did so far was to apply some betadine (iodopovidone) gel on the bloody area.
We don't have any predators in the area or at least none ever had any problems before, this is in the Netherlands by the way.
I think she might have injured herself on the wired fence while trying to jump up or something like that, there were no feathers around and nothing that made it look like a predator attacked them.
From what I can see it looks like she did bleed quite a bit, it looks like a piece of her comb might be missing, and there were several small drops of blood on the fence (she was kind of walking back and forth while roosting, probably scared).
We never had any pecking issues but I know that bloody wounds get pecked by other chickens, I don't know if you can see more than I can see in the pictures I posted.. Anyway like I said she is now in a crate in the garage, so pecking won't be an issue at least for now.

At the moment it's night time here and I don't have much medical supplies in the house, any advice would be appreciated but keep in mind we don't have the same medications in the Netherlands so it would be helpful if you could tell me some generic names like "antibiotic cream" instead of a specific brand name.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you can get some gentian violet at your pharmacy, that can be applied to the bloody area, to hide the wound, and she could go back with her flock. If not, an antibiotic ointment such as neomycin-bacitracin would be good, or another sntiseptic spray without pain killer. Could she have been pecked in the head by the others, or possible hurt by a hawk? If your cage fits in the coop, I would place it back with the flock, so that she does not have to be re-inteoduced.

 

[BaronVonP]

If you can get some gentian violet at your pharmacy, that can be applied to the bloody area, to hide the wound, and she could go back with her flock. If not, an antibiotic ointment such as neomycin-bacitracin would be good, or another sntiseptic spray without pain killer. Could she have been pecked in the head by the others, or possible hurt by a hawk? If your cage fits in the coop, I would place it back with the flock, so that she does not have to be re-inteoduced.

Coop is small and there isn't that much room away from the roost, it's more than enough room for 4 hens and they spend all day outside (free ranging), I can see if I can fit the cage in but not before tomorrow morning anyway.
I do not know if there are hawks around here to be honest, I haven't seen one yet but I've only moved to this area in august.

Edit: normally I would say there's 0% chance of pecking, they're very sweet towards people and even each other, she's third out of four in the pecking order and she's the one pecking number four to keep her in her place from time to time, but number one and two pretty much never peck her and never violently anyway.
Then again it looks like a small part of her comb might be missing? So I really don't know.. it could be that she got a minor injury and another hen pecked at the bloody wound? Or maybe pecked her when they were roosting outside on the kennel fence, perhaps cause they were scared/nervous? I really don't know.

 

[micstrachan]

Combs bleed quite a bit, so don’t be too startled by all the blood. I had a girl tear her comb, probably on the wire, and a few days later the torn part turned black and fell off. All I did was apply antibiotic ointment since I was pretty new and wasn’t sure how to handle (restrain) her to do anything else. You can swaddle her in a towel to make it easier to get a good look and treat it.
Here are pics before, during and after her injury:

 

[BaronVonP]

A little update: I was able to check her and it seems like she was only bleeding from the comb after all.
I applied more betadine in the morning, then I talked to a vet and she told me to use something called Aluspray, which is supposed to protect the wound, promote healing etc and it's also silver colored, so it should cover the wound and prevent pecking.

It seems to work so far and I have already put my little patient back with the other chickens.
No signs of pecking, I checked several times during the day and now they are all in the coop, roosting quietly.

Here's a picture of my "space chicken" in all her glory

 

[annanicole18]

Aluspray is a great product! I have used it on horses never needed it for my chickens. Does a pretty good job keeping flies out of wounds too.