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Oh dear, my poor Little Hen
After her first rubbish introduction with the big flock, I moved her in with my Barnevelder babies (who aren't really babies). She had really settled in with them.
This week, I moved all of them in with the big flock (5 birds). Things were going ok. Apart from a bit of pushing and shoving, the big flock were generally ignoring the newbies. Every night, I went and put them on the perches with the rest of the birds, and they were fine.
Yesterday, I got home from work and went to check the birds, and Little Hen had blood all over the back of her head and neck and was standing in a corner of the run
She was covered in mud, I'm assuming from being pushed over/stood on etc and wet through.
I've removed her, put her in a nice warm 'hospital' box in the garage, cleaned her head up and bathed her. Her head wound is only about half a cm, and has scabbed up nicely overnight. I left her a heat lamp overnight, and she is now warm and dry, and eating/drinking fine.
She is a little Welsummer, who is coming up to 23 weeks. She is nowhere near coming into lay, very light in weight (although she eats pretty well). She is free of lice/mites, and was wormed 2 weeks ago.
I don't think, even when she has recovered she can go back in with the big flock
I'm currently trying to find her a nice home with a smaller flock (say 2 or 3 birds) rather than my 19 harridans!
If I cant do this, I'll pop her in with one of our Roo's and they can make a nice married couple....
After her first rubbish introduction with the big flock, I moved her in with my Barnevelder babies (who aren't really babies). She had really settled in with them.
This week, I moved all of them in with the big flock (5 birds). Things were going ok. Apart from a bit of pushing and shoving, the big flock were generally ignoring the newbies. Every night, I went and put them on the perches with the rest of the birds, and they were fine.
Yesterday, I got home from work and went to check the birds, and Little Hen had blood all over the back of her head and neck and was standing in a corner of the run
She was covered in mud, I'm assuming from being pushed over/stood on etc and wet through.
I've removed her, put her in a nice warm 'hospital' box in the garage, cleaned her head up and bathed her. Her head wound is only about half a cm, and has scabbed up nicely overnight. I left her a heat lamp overnight, and she is now warm and dry, and eating/drinking fine.
She is a little Welsummer, who is coming up to 23 weeks. She is nowhere near coming into lay, very light in weight (although she eats pretty well). She is free of lice/mites, and was wormed 2 weeks ago.
I don't think, even when she has recovered she can go back in with the big flock
I'm currently trying to find her a nice home with a smaller flock (say 2 or 3 birds) rather than my 19 harridans!
If I cant do this, I'll pop her in with one of our Roo's and they can make a nice married couple....
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