injured silky

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I gave a 16 week old silky rooster who has a 10 hen existing flock. 5 wyandottes and 5 ISA browns. Well he introduced the rooster today and a hen attacked him ripping open his "ear lobe". so he brought him back within the hour. I treated the lobe with germ killer with silvadine and its a gel that dries and lets the wound heal. His flock and other rooster are going after him. I guess its because they smell blood and now that hes injured hes an attack magnet! He is standing up for himself. I have no where else to put him until it heals. Is there anything else I can do.?
 

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Try a wire dog crate with his own food and water. But keep him with the flock. How large is the other rooster? They are cockerels until they are a year old.
i added a picture. A few seem to be protecting him. The other cockerel is smaller. But the Alpha. Thanks for the advice.
 
Whatever you may have laying around you can likely use to make a little separate area for him within their main run. I've done it with PVC pipe, plastic netting and a few zipties. Mind you that's for INSIDE their already predator-protected area, for keeping the other chickens out.

If they keep ripping at it, it will get worse and they might rip into a vein or something more vital. Chickens are vampires. They love blood.

Now- one thing I've used with success is the "NewSkin" liquid bandage.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Skin-Liq...35626300&sprefix=new+skin,aps,515&sr=8-3&th=1

It can be found at most grocery stores, drug stores etc- or ordered on Amazon. I get the kind with the paint brush (like nail polish) not the spray so I don't have to worry about getting it in eyes or other sensitive areas.

Once the wound is clean, dry and is no longer bleeding, it can be 'painted' over the affected area. This needs to be applied in open air because there is QUITE the smell while it is wet and your bird will need to be contained until it is dry (so nothing gets stuck in the area while it's drying) I can't 100% guarantee they won't pick at it, but I've had decent success with it and other birds leaving it alone.
 
Thats what I thought about the blood. I am going to get some blu-kote to have on hand.

Just a quick note about Blukote and blood. If he is still actively bleeding, putting blukote on the area won't necessarily deter the picking. I've seen chick(en)s dive right back into wounds where blukote had just been applied- so they ate the blood and the blukote. That case was chicks at a feed store that had their vents mercilessly pecked by their friends in the same bin. I watched the employee apply the blukote to a couple of them and watched while the other chicks go right back to ripping at the wounds. I took them home and they died later that day.

Maybe the difference is the fresh blood vs. applying it to a wound that has at least scabbed over and the surrounding blood cleaned away.

The best outcome for an injured bird always starts by separating the injured bird for healing while keeping it within sight and sight of its flock to make reintroduction as easy as possible --- so investing in something like a large wire dog crate for sick or injured birds is well worth it. Craigslist is also a good place to look, provided you give whatever you get a good cleaning before use. Something big enough that the "hospital" allows for a spot to perch, the ability to walk around a bit ... they also make great broody hen and chick nurseries - though you may need to put hardware cloth on the sides to keep babies from slipping out by accident.

For example:
https://www.amazon.com/Folding-Kenn...ra+large+wire+dog+crate&qid=1635633133&sr=8-7
 
I have had good luck with BluKote and pecking injuries on my Polish hens’ heads. But always observe to make sure it is helping, and that it doesn’t make things worse. For bad wounds I separate in a dog crate with food and water inside the coop, and apply antibiotic ointment. Then, when scabbed, I use the BluKote, but never for deep wounds.
 
I have had good luck with BluKote and pecking injuries on my Polish hens’ heads. But always observe to make sure it is helping, and that it doesn’t make things worse. For bad wounds I separate in a dog crate with food and water inside the coop, and apply antibiotic ointment. Then, when scabbed, I use the BluKote, but never for deep wounds.
thank you. I put antibiotic yesterday. My hubby bought wound spray and blu-kote today. the wound was no longer bleeding. It looks good. I applied wound spray and then blu- kote today. The flock is back to normal and no longer going after him.
 

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