Wounded Chicken

Apologies - typing error.....it should read: [and will pester/annoy the victim bird in the first place].

Bathe the wound in either Hibiscrub, Tamodine or just plain warm slightly salted water, dry thoroughly and keep an eye on it....but it should heal nicely and quickly without further treatment...chickens are incredibly resilient little creatures.

Chickens see red (blood) as it´s said a ´red rag to a bull´.....one tiny bit of blood and the other´s will peck at it until the wound is more open and exposed and rather messy...that is one downside to chickens unfortunately, when one get´s injured or suffer´s from feather pecking, etc.

Wash the wound thoroughly (as suggested above) to remove all traces of blood and if need be try and cover the wound with some white veterinary wound powder...you can´t cover it with anything as this will just encourage further pecking and will the victim bird in the first place...if the other bird, is very persistent, then you will have to seperate them until the wound is healed......hens can be very savage and will peck until dead a seriously ill or injured bird or indeed any small hapless animal including rodents, other small wild birds, invertebrates and reptiles, etc.

Which one is it.....is it the Bluebell hybrid or the other (brown) one ????? that is bullying ????.

Aggression to you from hen´s is rather rare......UNLESS, they are sitting (brooding) on a nest and so protecting their eggs (fertile or not) or are actually cockerels ????....so I have to ask, are you sure that the aggressive hen is actually a Pullet ????? and NOT a young rooster ????.

If she is definitely a hen, then you will need to break this behaviour and when she goes to attack stop her with a broom - don´t hit her obviously but place it between you and her and when she´s calm, pick her up and cuddle her before placing her back down again.

Normally a frightened chicken, won´t attack but will become more fearful and therefore prefer to run away and hide, so this naughty cat attack has unlikely caused this aggressive behaviour towards you but most likely not helped the situation either.

I hope that helps and any problems just shout!.

We got chickens next door and Monty takes no notice of them .. but i agree with Noo there are other chicken owners on sit (i think) hope u get the advice u need xxxxx

ohh not nice ,,, i think its alomst inpossible to keep wonderers out of the garden ,,
hope the chicken owners can give you more advice though