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How do you think she hurt this area? Was it from flapping on something and causing abrasion under the wing? Is there skin hanging or is it just a scrape of some sort?

Do you have any corn starch? Have someone help you with this...but you want to liberally apply corn starch to the area. Press it into the bleed. Hold her and keep putting on corn starch til it stops bleeding. If this is a large big bleed, then put her in a small cage so she can't move around much to help stop the bleeding. If it is relatively small, you can just keep her quiet for an hour and she should be good to go.
 
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How did she get this wound?

There are a couple things you can do. The first thing I would do is apply Blu-kote to this wound. You can get this at any feed store in the horse section. It is a spray that helps to stop infection.(wear gloves with this stuff as it stains your hands and clothing.) I would spray this area once or twice a day for a couple weeks. If you do not have any blu-kote right now, I would apply some neosporin or some triple antibacterial ointment. It shouldn't have the pain killer in it, but if that is all you have, I would go ahead and use it this time only. (the pain killer is not good for chickens) But tomorrow if you can get some blu-kote, this would be better. Keep her separated and in a dry clean area until this wound grows harder skin on it. If this is something that is exposed and other birds can see it, you will need to continue spraying it just to hide this area so the others can not pick at it. But for at least for a few days, keep her separated, in a clean area and dry. Apply some sort of antibacterial meds to this area. You might also for one time only, pour some peroxide on it. But only once. It can destroy heathy tissue as well, but is good to use the first time to kill off bacteria. If this wound came from something that caused truama to her, she maybe cold. Feel her feet. If they are cold, then so is she. Get her under some heat for tonight if she is cold so she doesn't go into shock.
 
it was from the roosters
they have been aggressive lately
 
my hens do have hen saddles but they don't wear it right
 
Makes sense..Rooster spur. You need to give the hens a break and separate the rooster out for a while. Make sure your ratio of rooster to hens is correct at about 10 to 12 hens to 1 rooster. You may need to get saddles for the hens if the roosters are treading off feathers or being to rough with the hens. I personally don't allow roosters to be rough with hens and the rough roos end up in the stew pot eventually. Here is a link to some hen saddles to protect the hens backs...

http://www.hensaver.com/

Good luck. I would give all the hens a break, not allow roosters to be aggressive with hens, separate this hen out for a few days, medicate this area, keep it dry and clean, (no dirt or poop in it), offer her heat if she is cold, and use blu-kote on this area until it is healed. You can put her back in with the flock when the area has a good skin on it. Use blu-kote on it until her feathers grow back so that none of the others pick on this area, as they will.
 
i do have hen saddles but the don't wear it right, each time i fix it they would just walk away then 10 seconds later they shake it off to the side
 

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