I was sitting outside with my chickens today and noticed one of them had a bloody butt and the others were picking at it,so I had dh hold her and I put spray neosporin on it and put her in a crate in the coop with them.First I tried to seperate her but she spassed out and tried to fly into the netting so I put her in with the others only in the crate,she seems fine with that.How long before she heals up so I can put her back?Or untill there is no red blood? This is my first injury.She`s an EE
chicken with a bloody butt
Chickens will continue to pick at her until she dies, as long as there is any red showing. They are awful that way. So you will need to keep her separate until she is completely healed.
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You can spray on something like Blue Kote. It will color her butt a nice blue-purple and stop the picking. I've done this before and it works great. Supposedly it also tastes bad if they do try to pick, but it seems just covering the red stops them from even trying.
I did see some of that last week and I should have picked it up,I`LL go get it tomorow.
Be aware that Blue Kote will also dye you fingers blue if you get it on them and I never was able to completely scrub it off. When we had pigs and cows here I think I had a permently blue finger from hold hair or skin back so I could spray some injury. -Doug
I should have read this before I sprayed it on her.My hands are blue under my finger nails is blue.How do you hold a chicken and try to spray her butt when she is trying to get away??????I was here alone should have waited for dh.Oh well its done and she is a free chicken again.Thats all that matters she is happy.
It's not easy! What I found helps is to keep the can fairly close to the area you want to spray and use short bursts of spray instead of long ones. Then you avoid as much overspray as possible.
Still, I usually end up with a couple blue spots on my fingers.
I've learned to where exam gloves when I'm going to handle something that will stain my hands. The work great when handling black greasy parts. I'd try putting one on the holding hand. You wouldn't have to be as careful holding it because you could toss the glove when you were done.
You can also wait till they are on the roost.. That's when I spray mine for mites.. They are rather exposed.. LOL
I never thought about the roost thing.She is fine today no one picking at her.
Nor your hands either I bet!