Hey BYC,
One of our hens had a top beak that was starting to split, so my mom trimmed it with some scissors. That part went fine.
However, because the lower beak was much shorter than the upper beak, my mom thought she would trim it down with scissors too. But then it started bleeding like crazy! Mom feels terrible now, and is panicking about what we should do to help the hen.
She ran the beak under water for a few minutes, but it kept on bleeding. Then she put some hydrogen peroxide to kill any bacteria if there was any. She also put on this powder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_Baiyao
On humans, this powder has been found to reduce post-operational bleeding, and it did seem to help...
I'm worried though. Is there anything we should be doing to help the hen? Do we separate her from the flock until her beak heals? What should we do to take care of her?
One of our hens had a top beak that was starting to split, so my mom trimmed it with some scissors. That part went fine.
However, because the lower beak was much shorter than the upper beak, my mom thought she would trim it down with scissors too. But then it started bleeding like crazy! Mom feels terrible now, and is panicking about what we should do to help the hen.
She ran the beak under water for a few minutes, but it kept on bleeding. Then she put some hydrogen peroxide to kill any bacteria if there was any. She also put on this powder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_Baiyao
On humans, this powder has been found to reduce post-operational bleeding, and it did seem to help...
I'm worried though. Is there anything we should be doing to help the hen? Do we separate her from the flock until her beak heals? What should we do to take care of her?
