PeachLily
In the Brooder
- Jun 8, 2016
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I have 8 one year old hens, 4 of which were overbred by 3 roosters (beginner's mistake). I waited too long to dispatch the roosters but they have been gone for 3 weeks now. I see no improvement in the raw skin on the hens' bare backs and wing joints. I did use bacitracin but maybe not often enough. I have 2 basic questions: shouldn't the raw skin have begun to heal by now and feathers begin to grow back? One hen even had a saddle for a few months, under which the skin looks fine but no feathers have begun to grow back at all. Is there anything I can do to help this process along? None of the hens is pecking at the injured backs so that is not an issue.