Unknown injuries

[dylanwitt]

The wounds developed from something, so observe them to see who the offender may be. Flystrike can start with just a very small cut/wound like you would see from feather picking or it can be from irritated skin that has accumulated poop. Sometimes hens seem to get a long well during the day, but they can pick/pluck mercilessly during roosting, so watch and listen when they are settling in at night.

Hopefully you will be able to get the wounds healed and taken care of - infection can set in quickly so if you have a vet that can take a look and prescribe some antibiotics that would be best.

I separated the ones that had some from the others and cleaned them with some hydrogen peroxide and applied neosporin to their wounds so hopefully that'll be a good start or potentially a remedy to follow the whole time?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Peroxide is o.k. to use one time to flush/clean the wounds, but it can damage tissue if used repeatedly. Next cleaning/flushing you can use saline, sterile water, betadine or Clorhexidine. Plain/original Neosporin is fine to use.

 

[dylanwitt]

Update! After about a week both the girls that had the fly strike are back to full healthy and only have little scabs that are about done healing. We used neosporin and sterile water on them daily and they're back and peppy as ever! Thank you all!

 

[chickendreams24]

Very very odd I've only ever seen any injuries like this from clumsy roosters. Did you ever get any idea of what caused it? Were their maggots?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks for the update! I'm glad to hear they are healing up and doing well

 

[dylanwitt]

Very very odd I've only ever seen any injuries like this from clumsy roosters. Did you ever get any idea of what caused it? Were their maggots?

I couldn't see any maggots on them that's the thing. The wounds just scabbed over and healed

 

[chickendreams24]

Strange. Keep an eye on the flock to make sure you don't have a bully also make sure there's no nails or cut end of wire or anything else sticking out anywhere that could have accidentally cut them. Even a small cut or broken blood feather can become a much larger deal if the flock or the bird itself pecks or tears at the blood or injury.

 

[dylanwitt]

Strange. Keep an eye on the flock to make sure you don't have a bully also make sure there's no nails or cut end of wire or anything else sticking out anywhere that could have accidentally cut them. Even a small cut or broken blood feather can become a much larger deal if the flock or the bird itself pecks or tears at the blood or injury.

I just saw this now, and I've noticed that one of my girls is bullying the others more. I separated her for a few days here and she just goes right back in and pecks the others. One of them now has an open would from the bully one, is there any methods to stop her?

 

[ChattyChickens4Life]

First off....

Ok. Could it be cannibalism? Are the chickens pecking each other?

Good luck!

 

[dylanwitt]

First off....

Ok. Could it be cannibalism? Are the chickens pecking each other?

Good luck!

It appears to be just this one girl pecking non stop. The others peck once in awhile, but I have been moving some in an out to heal injuries/separate from the flock when she was pecking. Is there any specific ways to combat them pecking and if it is cannibalistic how so?