cluckbok Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi everyone, As some of you may know we have a slightly injured silkie, her feathers have been pecked from the back of her neck by our matilda (now separated) the skin is quite broken and looks like it bled a little but is not bleeding now, it looks quite raw. She has settled down and has been eating and drinking fine, but I need to go out first thing am and get either one of these treatments, which is best for the wound do you think? Thanks for your help from a worried silkie mum ps. we've not had wounds before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi, I would get some Veterinary Wound Powder to use until the wound has healed, and purple spray to use afterwards. Hope she gets better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Use Ukadex to deter the pecking and if that doesn't work bumpa bit the offender. Use purple spray to cover the blood-they automatically keep pecking when they see blood, and if it gets bad, separate the offender till the wound healed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Hi, Thanks for that. She's already been separated and won't be going back in with the hybrids. She can't hold her own. We are going to wait until she's better and then get her a little friend (another silkie) of her own kind. Then put them both on neutral territory in a brand new hen house where neither of them been before and see how that goes. We will then have two little flocks but you never know one day they may integrate into one. There's no harm in having another hen house now is there She's doing good this morning wound all dried up and been eating, drinking, and is alert etc. So sure she been fine now but was so worried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTheDiver Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 We have had a pecking problem for a while but it seems to have settled down a bit now. I used Stockholm tar for a while then realised that the girls hated it on their feathers so much that they were pulling their own out I now purple spray any bald patches every two weeks (to stop them showing up red) and then spray Netex on the feathers around the bald patch, this seems to keep it manageable and no-one is particularly bad now. Only spray Netex sparingly (not as it says on the label) otherwise you could get drunk chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
