Scalped Lady A....help

[jrsqlc]

I bought a nice young trio at auction, the birds looked great, but by time i got home and got them out of the wooden box I noticed one of the hens was scalped!!!
Here are a few pic! What can I do to fix this quickly, and without harm to the bird!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Nu-Stock on the hen, & blinders on the rest.

 

[tysonb24]

Yes, I would definitely get blinders on all of them.

 

[jrsqlc]

What are the blinders for?? For now I have her isolated from the rest!!
Also what is Nu-stock and where can i get it?
thanks

 

[tysonb24]

The blinders prevent birds from being aggressive with each other. They won't peck each other.

 

[captainmom]

I had a quail have the same thing happen, only it was much worse, the vertebrae were even showing!!! I figured he was done in for, and asked my husband to put him out of his misery, but he got home late, and since I have put him in an isolation cage, sprayed his head and neck with cut heal, a liquid wound spray, and gave him chick starter and added vit/electrolytes and duramycin to his water, I figured he would either be gone by morning or better. He even had lost an eye, and I was so concerned he was suffering. By the am he was eating and drinking, and has totally recovered. I will never put him in with the others again, and he now has a big classy cage to himself, a reward for surviving!!! He still has no feathers to his head, and it was about 2 weeks ago, but he was what I would call "healed" in 3 days. Not sure if this is of any help. Good luck, he is a very nice looking bird. Oh, just noticed, yours is a hen. Not sure why that would happen, that kinda stuff only happens to my males when they fight when there are too many boys and not enough girls.

 

[jrsqlc]

My birds are not fighting or even trying to!! I even left her in there new crate for over an hour while i got a insolation pen ready and the others never pecked or tried to peck her.

It happened because the amish buy i bought them from had them in a 12 inch high crate with osb board on top and bottom. The bird did it to itself from jumping and rubbing it against the wood.

A guy I bought some other pheasants had some sort of plastic thing on there beaks. What are those and a goodplace to get them??
Thanks again

 

[chickenzoo]

If she did it to herself, don't worry about blinders for now. Keep her in a separate cage, but right next to the others if possible. Clean the wound and apply regular neosporin, or furizone cream. Make sure nothing lays eggs in the wound and she should heal up quickly. I've had it so bad that you could see the bottom mandible of the jaw and skull. Healed up fine, just a small scar and a facelift, hehe.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

A guy I bought some other pheasants had some sort of plastic thing on there beaks. What are those and a goodplace to get them??
Thanks again

Those are the blinders aka peepers. Culter supply is where I go for game bird type supplies

http://www.cutlersupply.com/

Steve​