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Hi,
I did a quick search of the other posts and am still not sure what the cure and cause of this problem may be.
We have nine hens, five Rhode Island Reds and four Barred Rocks. They are 12 months old. Recently I noticed that one of the barred rocks had a cut on the top part of its foot. I thought maybe it had pecked itself. Eventually the wound healed. This morning I noticed that I believe to be the same hen has wounds on both of her feet and feathers missing on her neck. She is lifting her legs much higher than usual when she walks. We are new to raising chickens so we are unsure what to do. Are there any suggestions as to what can be applied to help heal her wounds and should she be isolated from the other birds? If so, do we eventually bring her back in to the flock?
B.T.W., we really enjoy BYC and have been visiting for over a year now. Thanks to BYC we got some great ideas for building our chicken coop.
Thanks in advance.....
Here is picture of the cuts http://picasaweb.google.com/GabrielleEmilyGonsalves/Chickens#5443329212117432722
I did a quick search of the other posts and am still not sure what the cure and cause of this problem may be.
We have nine hens, five Rhode Island Reds and four Barred Rocks. They are 12 months old. Recently I noticed that one of the barred rocks had a cut on the top part of its foot. I thought maybe it had pecked itself. Eventually the wound healed. This morning I noticed that I believe to be the same hen has wounds on both of her feet and feathers missing on her neck. She is lifting her legs much higher than usual when she walks. We are new to raising chickens so we are unsure what to do. Are there any suggestions as to what can be applied to help heal her wounds and should she be isolated from the other birds? If so, do we eventually bring her back in to the flock?
B.T.W., we really enjoy BYC and have been visiting for over a year now. Thanks to BYC we got some great ideas for building our chicken coop.
Thanks in advance.....
Here is picture of the cuts http://picasaweb.google.com/GabrielleEmilyGonsalves/Chickens#5443329212117432722
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