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Juju2773
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- Apr 10, 2020
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I have 13 hens and two roosters. The younger one has not perfected mounting and it doesn’t help things that my main rooster runs at him the second he sees him trying to mount. It causes him to almost springboard off of them. I believe that’s how she got so badly ripped open. Anyways... I separated her to her own section of coop and I pulled out this old rabbit cage that works perfectly as a tiny Health Ward so she can come out for a little while each day to enjoy the warm sun. It’s still a bit chilly here in Massachusetts so on nice days I’ll bring her out while she’s healing. I hope she heals poor little Maple. I ended up flushing out the pockets with water...somewhat. It definitely did not get all the debris out, but after that I poured betadine with some water and poured it into the pockets and kind of pumped it out by pushing on it, then the same with hydrogen peroxide. I only had some blue kote at the time so I sprayed a little on the upper portion of her wings. After reading some other people’s thoughts on the blue kote, I decided I won’t use that anymore. This morning I ran out and bought antibiotic ointment and vetericyn plus spray. She’s not eating really, but she has been drinking a little and actually stood up a little. She’s definitely enjoying the sunlight.One more thought here, you said two roosters... How many hens? When I only had 3 hens for my rooster he was more aggressive. They like to boss around/mate with a few girls.
I added two more and he hasn't been as bad until now two are on nests.
It's alot of moving things around but I separate him with two hens into a small pen in the early morning and take them out to roam then swap out the others into the little pen and let him and the other girls have the run. Not sure of your set up but it's a juggling act since I decided to keep him. He has his sweet moments for sure when he is out roaming and is excited to share a grub with the hens, he also let's them eat first and I still handle him every day to pet and try to calm him