Male Rooster ripped up my peacock

[mockingbird girl]

My peacock is now walking around with almost all the feathers missing off his back.. he's all bloody and nasty. Will he be okay? Is there something I should do to treat the bloody broken skin? I'm going to go out and try and get a picture really quick so you all can see what I'm talking about. I have no way to really separate them either...

-Cat

 

[SpottedCrow]

Wow!!!!
Maybe if you spray the peacock with BluKote it might help to cover the bald spots.

 

[mockingbird girl]

See if this pic works--- I could throw the rooster outside for the night, but thats just a temporary fix and we have foxes, skunks, raccoons you name it... =/

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

Thats a mean rooster be carefull of him!

 

[mockingbird girl]

One days work too. =/ I thought Cochin roosters were supposed to be nice? I guess not!

 

[rooster-red]

Can you maybe seperate the peacock, putting it in a dog crate while you treat it?
From the pic I can't tell how bad the wound is or if its just superficial.

How many birds are in the cage with them?

 

[mockingbird girl]

I can't really get ahold of him, he's really aloof. I just had the neighbor come over and snag him with a blanket as I ushered them out of the coop.

There's 5 chickens in there with him. Its an 16' x 8' coop with a 16'x10' enclosure thats 9' high.

It's pretty ugly, they ripped out all the feathers up underneath his wings and his butt. I thankfully have a dog kennel, dragged it up from the basement and threw some leaves in there since all of the supply stores are closed and I just threw down all new bedding last week, so I'm all out. I figured leaves will be okay?

I don't really have any supplies I can get tonight from the store either.. I can tomorrow morning, will he be okay till then? I have saline solution and I think I have neosporin somewhere.... but thats all I have on hand.

I guess I should start expecting the unexpected a bit more often and then maybe I wouldn't be so foolishly unprepared.

-Cat

 

[rooster-red]

I would clean the areas with the saline solution and keep him in a warm dark place overnight.

Are there any big rips or tears in the skin, or just pulled out feathers?

 

[picklespickles]

i was thinking the same thinking. the feathers look bad but if no ripped skin and not in shock, then it'll be okay. can't be too sure about next time, though. i would not put them back together. just not safe.

 

[mockingbird girl]

Well he made it through the night, and I went out and got a generic BluKote to apply to him. That'll be fun.

Definitely won't be sticking them back together. Should I just get rid of the male rooster?

Thanks for all the replies.

-Cat