Pecking Wound Advice

[Cassondra53]

Hello BYC enthusiasts!
I've got a lovely Sapphire Gem hen that was getting her feathers plucked by her flockmates - on her back, right above her tail. I didn't notice until there was a little bit of blood one day, so I've had her separated in a see-through fenced area of the run for about 1 week now. I reintroduce her with her friends when I can be outside and monitoring, but most of the day she's separated and she hates it. I have her sleeping in a BIG dog kennel in my garage that is decked out with a roost and the works. I've tried to go above and beyond to make sure she is happy, but she REALLY want to be back with her sisters.

Any advice on reintroducing a hen before the feathers are completely filled back in? You can't see bare skin, but the feathers that are there are fluffy/down-looking feathers, and it's still occasionally catching the attention/beaks of one or two of her flockmates. I would imagine this is going to be a fairly common thing as molting season is coming and there are going to be more bare patches on these ladies to catch each other's attention.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

 

[cavemanrich]

If you apply some Blu-Kote to area, it will keep other chickens interests away from that area.

Just let her back with the flock, and observe. All things eventually normalize.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[Weeg]

@cooingcrow1 I will let you handle this one.