Sooo much pooping

[hunkydoory]

Further to my original bald bum post below. I have got home today to find poor Totty bleeding. On inspection her bald patch is now bigger and the area has had the skin pecked off. You can even see a couple of triangular (beak shaped) cuts into the underlying muscle .

 

I have sprayed her with antiseptic and she is now out of the run free ranging with the intention of putting her in a nice warm box in the garage overnight with a view to visiting the vets in the morning. Feel like taking the culprit to the vets on a one way ticket at the moment Where do I go from here?

Any advice greatly received.

 

 

Without going over the lengthy tale as to how I have ended up with 3 new chickens I now have 2 Rhode Islands (Pecky and Cookie) and a Pied Sulfolk (Totty). The RI's came about 6 weeks before the Sulfolk who replaced my old girl Betty (psycho chicken).

 

All are about the same age, 30 weeks or so and all are laying - even if they are mini eggs that don't stand up properly in the rack

 

After some initial (but not unpleasant) sorting out of who was in charge they settled fairly quickly into a nice calm group. Pecky, one of the RI's was terrorised by the late Betty and has emerged now as top chook. But............ Pecky has started to pluck Totty - I have caught her red beaked .

 

The poor girl now has a bald bum . Sorry the photo below is a bit out of focus but at least her modesty is protected . Where do I start? a bumper bit or the smellie stuff - whatever it's name is????

Edited June 11, 2010 by Guest

[jennydavies]

We bought Ukadex, which I think is the strongest anti-peck you can buy. It smells (and proberbly tastes) awful but it worked for us. On our white Light Sussex it showed up very brown but on a dark chook you proberbly wouldn't see it. Hope this helps.

[hunkydoory]

We bought Ukadex, which I think is the strongest anti-peck you can buy. It smells (and proberbly tastes) awful but it worked for us. On our white Light Sussex it showed up very brown but on a dark chook you proberbly wouldn't see it. Hope this helps.

 

 

Many thanks. I couldn't recall the names of the 'preparations'. Daft question: if it tastes awful does it stop the wearer from preening?

[jennydavies]

Not a daft question - yes, I think it may stop preening. What about if you only put it on the area that's bald ? It is a very strong smell, we have to keep the aerosol in an extra bag to stop the smell in the garage where it's kept, it's a smell like nothing I have smelled before - Charlie thought it was a bit "tar like" smell.

[hunkydoory]

Not a daft question - yes, I think it may stop preening. What about if you only put it on the area that's bald ? It is a very strong smell, we have to keep the aerosol in an extra bag to stop the smell in the garage where it's kept, it's a smell like nothing I have smelled before - Charlie thought it was a bit "tar like" smell.

 

Thanks, they all seem to be enjoying the pleasures of dust bathing followed by a long session of preening several times a day at the moment - the dry weather has left their run extension dessert-like. Just treating the bit that's bald seems like a plan. I would hate to think of poor Totty not being able to preen - especially as she is the victim and not the culprit!

[jennydavies]

I don't know if it's any help (I just thought of this) I sprayed the Ukadex onto a cloth at arms length and then dabbed it on Blanche where I thought it would be most needed. It was easier than spraying it straight on (especially if it's a bit windy)

[hunkydoory]

Thanks. I plan to do the dirty deed over the weekend.