Next steps...healing, diet, boredom

[MaiBee]

You might want to check in to making a one piece no-sew chicken saddle that would cover the injuries on their backs. I made some out of polarfleece in my first year, when my hens were being overbred by a young cockerel. They are easy to make out of a 7x9 piece of polarfleece, cutting two slits for wings to fit through, and are held on by the chickens wings. Here is a similar pattern:
http://www.linnacresfarm.com/2014/04/how-to-make-simple-hen-saddleapron.html

I love it! Thank you!

 

[SW31]

I think it took a few weeks for the pin feathers to start appearing. But once they started the feathers grew back very quickly. I think having extra protein helped.
I’m very sorry you have no other survivors.