Seriously Injured bird?

[CRbailey]

If the rooster is the culprit, how does he treat the other hens and how many hens do you have?
A picture of your set up might help as well.

The rooster seems to only have eyes for her

 

[CRbailey]

The rooster seems to only have eyes for her

I got 7 hens and 1 rooster in a 3x3x4 roost connected to a 16x8 run. I have been meaning to build a separate roost for the hens and the rooster but I have not had time or good weather to do so.

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

I got 7 hens and 1 rooster in a 3x3x4 roost connected to a 16x8 run. I have been meaning to build a separate roost for the hens and the rooster but I have not had time or good weather to do so.

A rule of thumb is nine hens per roo depending on how "active" he is. The dimensions look good tho. This is most likely a problem of severe bullying. Is your hen at the bottom of the pecking order?

 

[CRbailey]

A rule of thumb is nine hens per roo depending on how "active" he is. The dimensions look good tho. This is most likely a problem of severe bullying. Is your hen at the bottom of the pecking order?

It varys but most times yes she's the smallest of the hens. My brood hen usually protects her from the flock. The brood hen is the top of the pecking order and only attacks the other chickens when provoked or when the hens or rooster get rough with said injured hen. Obviously not all the time I think being stuck in the run for a couple of days cause recent snow they don't want anything to do with the snow .

 

[PianoTheSilkie]

It varys but most times yes she's the smallest of the hens. My brood hen usually protects her from the flock. The brood hen is the top of the pecking order and only attacks the other chickens when provoked or when the hens or rooster get rough with said injured hen. Obviously not all the time I think being stuck in the run for a couple of days cause recent snow they don't want anything to do with the snow .

Hmm... do you ever let them out to free range?

 

[LaFleche]

The rooster seems to only have eyes for her

This rooster needs to be separated from the hens as long as you do not let them range freely. T
To me, this is not a normal little wound caused by too much rooster love, but by sheer aggression and if you do not really need him for breeding purposes, I would recommand to cull him for being overly aggressive with his hens.

Don' handle the wound more than necessary (if need be trim back some of the surrounding feathers) and just keep treating it with Vetericyn. chickens are very resilient and cthey heal rather quickly, but she needs to be separated or the others might peck at her wound and start cannibalism.

 

[CRbailey]

Hmm... do you ever let them out to free range?

If I get home before dark I do. weekends yes try to get them out as much as I can but they like to tear up my neighbors yard so when I'm engaged in something else and can't periodically check on them I keep them in the run.

 

[CRbailey]

Update the wound seems to be healing well but she still doesn't move on her leg much.