One of the bad things about chicken flock mentality is they can be brutal to each other. Tonight, we went out to check on the chickens to find one had a very serious head wound from being pecked. My husband and I caught her to check out the seriousness of the would and found it to be very deep. It was obvious she had been pecked quite brutally. We removed her from the coop, treated her wound as best we could and then isolated her in her own cage. We will monitor her and keep her isolated from the rest until the wound heals. When the weather is nice, we will place the cage next to the others so she will not be so lonely but will be safe. This is the downside to raising chickens. Hopefully, she will recover and get reestablished within the flock. Time will tell.
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