Strawberrybex Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Our little girl Molly was attacked tonight. We have cleaned the wounds and put her back to bed. We put them in the pen and when we went to lock the hutches it seems something still got her. We have 8 girls all together and the others are fine. Molly is our friendliest - is this a fox? Very worried mother hen 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula123 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I would imagine one of the other girls has pecked her. Is she bottom of the pecking order? Once cleaned if you can see where the blood is coming from, I would spray or use a cotton bud with purple spray as the others will continue to peck, just be careful around her eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I agree with Ursula123; one of the other girls has pecked her. This behaviour is triggered when hens come into lay and defend their food supply. She was either attacked at the feeder or cornered and attacked, perhaps even in the nest box which could be seen as territorial with some breeds. This problem subsides as the season progresses but the solution now is to increase the number of feeders and drinkers and either increase run space significantly, or provide perches in the run where she can jump up to escape. A pecked comb can bleed an awful lot, so clean her up and make sure the bleeding stops, otherwise the blood may attract more attention. We use 'plastic skin' on combs, but be very careful indeed to avoid contact with her eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeramaSilly Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Poor Molly - it's always seems to be the friendliest girls!  I agree that it's one of the other girls.   Is it all from her comb - combs bleed an incredible amount! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Aww, poor little thing. She does look rather battered. Do you know which of your other chickens did it to her ? You could possibly put a bumper bit thing on of she keeps doing it. Lets hope the extra feed stations, water and perches will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberrybex Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Molly is healing nicely. The girls have all been living together for the last 12 months  - I hope it wasn't one of the others. I cannot see any blood on anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeramaSilly Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 So pleased to hear!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Glad to see that she is healing nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
