Hen Losing Feathers and Sun Burnt! Please Help!

[GlicksChicks]

I have a Silver Laced Wyandotte hen who is almost a year old. She has slowly been losing feathers on her back at the base of her tail. Today I looked at her and her back was almost halfway bare and it has become sun burnt. There are small blobs of blood from where I believe the feathers have been pulled out.

I do have a mating rooster in the coop, and he has 8 other adult hens to himself, so he does not have a shortage. He has recently gotten over a hump of having a bum leg, so I had assumed that he was clumsily getting onto her. Even though his leg is better now her back is much, much worse. I do not see any claw marks on her back, so I am questioning it being caused by my rooster.

I Brought her inside today and immediately put some aloe gel on her back for sun burn. I plan on putting some neosporin on the areas where the skin was broken. She seemed to like the aloe being put on her.

I also checked her feathers and found no signs of mites. Not even a single bug in her feathers.

For food I have given her a mix of her layer pellets and chick food for extra protein to grow feathers back.

My hen is not lethargic and she still acts like normal. I had to chase her to be able to grab her so I could bring her in.

What else should I do to help the hen, or is that all that I can do?

My SLW hens, there are 2 others, are the bullies of the flock and have the first divs of food and treats. I have not seen anyone bullying them, only them bullying others. But I do not watch them all the time.

 

[DobieLover]

You can try a saddle.

 

[GlicksChicks]

You can try a saddle.

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That is what I was thinking to try.

Do you have any suggestions on good saddles for hens that can handle a rooster mating with the hen?

And should I keep the hen seperate until she starts growing feathers back?

 

[DobieLover]

That is what I was thinking to try.

Do you have any suggestions on good saddles for hens that can handle a rooster mating with the hen?

And should I keep the hen seperate until she starts growing feathers back?

Click the link I gave you.
Just so you're aware, they generally freak out when you first put the saddles on. And sometimes they're clever enough to get them off. Once she has the saddle on you can leave her in the flock.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Click the link I gave you.
Just so you're aware, they generally freak out when you first put the saddles on. And sometimes they're clever enough to get them off. Once she has the saddle on you can leave her in the flock.

Okay thank you!!