morganrose356
Hatching
- Mar 16, 2025
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Hello everyone! Me and my husband have owned chickens for two years now with no injuries or illnesses until today. I found my RIR hen missing feathers and plucked pretty severally/ bleeding from being plucked. We have no idea what the initial injury could have been as no predators were in the coop and no other chickens are harmed. She had been broody lately and removing feathers under her stomach herself but I do not know if this would cause her to be attacked. Currently, she is in a dog crate in our guest bathroom with lights off, wound clean, wound spray on, and neosporin on top of it with food and water. We did check for mites as well but none were found. What could have caused the initial injury? Additionally, she was perfectly fine this morning. However in the afternoon we first noticed our other chickens with bloody beaks from picking at her. Please see picture attached of wound 10 minutes after treatment.