[lellysmum]

:cry:  only left my chooks for an hour and came back to the lotty to find a note on the gate saying elsie had got her head stuck in the wire fence and the other hens had pecked her quite badly - phoned the vet but they just said isolate her and phone again on monday - does anyone know if i should be doing something else to care for her

[Aunt Sally]

Treat her wounds with some antseptic. Horsey shops sell Purple spray which is excellent.  You could use dilute tea tree, or what ever you have for human wounds.  Keep her isolated but in sight of the other chooks untilher wounds ae healed.

Is there a problem with the fence mesh size.  Look at that incase it might happen again  :shock:

[peggyprice]

There'll be proper experts along later with better advice, but in the short term I think the recommended treatment for the pecked one is purple spray or tea tree (cleans up any wounds and helps deter further pecking) , and I know from personal experience that the anti peck rings help a lot with stopping the attacks in the first place - here's a link -

http://www.domesticfowltrust.co.uk/sundries1.html

If you're going to isolate her from the others make sure she stays within sight and sound of them, otherwise you could have more problems in the long run re-integrating her.  I found that separating the bully during the day but putting them together again at night, along with the anti peck rings, worked well.

Good luck!

[Aunt Sally]

Well I think we posted that at about the same time Pegy  

[muntjac]

now then girls  :roll: ,,,,,,,,,,,remember about the probs using human treatment potions on chucks ,,,, germolene only  

[peggyprice]

Well I think we posted that at about the same time Pegy  

Told you I was learning from the expert, Aunty