Chicken has a red and irritated back, please help!!

[Buttercup is the best]

Alright, thank you guys so much. This has been very helpful. I will try Blu kote, and let you know if it works!!

 

[figz]

Also, some small quality of life things that you could double check, like always having access to shade, and water, possibly with electrolytes to prevent dehydration.
Glad we could be of help!

 

[SilverBirds]

Alright, thank you guys so much. This has been very helpful. I will try Blu kote, and let you know if it works!!

Aloe vera is used to sooth sun burns on humans, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work on a chicken as well.

 

[Buttercup is the best]

alright, will try that! Thanks so much!!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your hen.

 

[Starrponies]

I had a horse with pink skin and I used diaper rash cream daily (liquid zinc inside it) it completely blocks all sun and soothed his skin. Not 100 percent it's something they use on chickens. Also Redmond clay ointment would block the sun also it's just normal natural clay so I know it wouldn't hurt her

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
How large is your run?
Can you take a picture of the tag on the feed?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[triciayoung]

I am pretty sure that it is sunburn, but dont know how to treat it?

I would use aloe.

 

[Starrponies]

Read a lot and now I know zinc oxide a bad idea! But the Redmond clay is all natural and sort of tan colored, it would block the sun. I'm not sure that purple spray will block the sun but it will make it feel better! A chicken saddle might be best and keep any feathers from coming out! Sorry for the bad suggestion