Wound care

[Kfults]

i have been a nurse for 27 years- first time chicken nurse! Read a lot of posts and just want reassurance I guess.
Found a pecking wound on my Matilda golden comet. The area is behind her eye on top of head. Seems to be getting worse since I am sure it is attractive to the other pullets ( 14 week old)
No active bleeding but lack of feathers and red raw area. Size of Q-tip end. I tried cleaning and applying neosporin and a thin layer of desitin baby ointment to seal it. I don’t think other chickens left it alone so today I put her in my hospital pen 2ft x3ft in the large coup 10x12 where she can be seen not touched. Cleaned with warm water, peroxide by q tip avoiding eye and neosporin with a tip. She tolerated real well and was relaxed. I am keeping her separated till it heals but she is so agitated being in the hospital pen. She has familiar bedding, food water. I plan to pick up some blue ointment I read about but didn’t want to wait for fear of infection. Want to treat while small and non-infected. Thanks

 

[Kfults]

Watching her on camera and feel so bad, she is pacing and trying to find a way out of the isolation pen. It is for her own good but don’t want her to stress herself to death

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos of the wound?

If it's not very large, you may get by with applying some BluKote or mix a drop of blue food coloring to your neosporin to help "hide" the redness, then let her back with the others to see if they continue to pick on her.

Is she being picked on a lot - any unusual behavior from her that would make the flock pick at her?

 

[Kfults]

Thanks! Didn’t think of blue food coloring. I don’t see any unusual behavior, don’t know if the small area was a scratch that they then starting pecking.... most likely. I know after I noticed it- she was being chased a little. I am going to tractor supply this evening and will get the blue ointment and hopefully let her roost tonight

 

[Northern.Ontario]

I recommend the Blu Kote. Works wonders. Just wear gloves because it stains your skin really bad.

 

[Kfults]

Thanks! Here are some photos, best I could get quick. I gave her some scrambled eggs, she liked that.

 

[Doc7]

One of my chicks was getting pecked where his down was coming off and feathers coming in, I applied blue kote and 5 days later he still hasn’t been pecked once.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How is she doing today?

 

[Kfults]

I painted her with blue kite and my RIR still pecked her a few times. Just snuck up on her and pow! It was looking really good, so I put her back in the little hospital pen inside the coup. She doesn’t like it, but she can’t be loose

 

[Wyorp Rock]

That's too bad. Some pecking is to be expected. How much room do they have?