My rooster attacked my hen.

[BigBlueHen53]

Wash your hen's face so she's not bloody. You can use hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip or cotton ball to clean her up, avoiding her nares (nostrils), eyes and ears. Once she's clean out her back in with the flock but watch for integration issues. Keep the rooster separated until you decide what you are going to do with him.

 

[BlueEggsAndHens]

Wash your hen's face so she's not bloody. You can use hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip or cotton ball to clean her up, avoiding her nares (nostrils), eyes and ears. Once she's clean out her back in with the flock but watch for integration issues. Keep the rooster separated until you decide what you are going to do with him.

I have washed her face, and they were still pecking at her. So I have taken her back out. Why would they still be pecking her?
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[BlindLemonChicken]

They will peck her because she was removed and reintroduced, because there was a big change to the pecking order from removing the rooster or because they can still see blood. Do you have any Blu-kote you can put on the wounds? If not you might try a see-no-touch reintegration where you put her in a place where the others can see but not touch her. A wire dog kennel works well.

 

[BlueEggsAndHens]

They will peck her because she was removed and reintroduced, because there was a big change to the pecking order from removing the rooster or because they can still see blood. Do you have any Blu-kote you can put on the wounds? If not you might try a see-no-touch reintegration where you put her in a place where the others can see but not touch her. A wire dog kennel works well.

I have no blu-kote I will definitely try the see-no-tiuch reintegration. My rooster isn't gone he has slept in the coop with the other hens tonight I'm really striving to not get rid of him so I will take him out again tomorrow to distance him from the hens for a while, while I am interegrating my hen in.

 

[Altairsky]

I just removed my rooster. We took him off the roost at night after they've all gone to bed. I'll post in the morning if it seems like they miss him or not. I have four or five cockerels coming up and my rooster was beginning to attack them. I'm only keeping one, the Ameraucana.

I removed head cockerels from my pullet subflocks many times, and they barely notice the difference. Worst case was one time when I had 6 brothers and 1 sister. When I culled all the males, the lone pullet was disoriented for around 5 minutes. Then she joined the rest of the flock.