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woody guthrie



Joined: 28 Jan 2009
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Location: Cork, Ireland
PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 10:25 am    Post subject: Chicken Comb Bleeding Reply with quote
    

One of the chickens was bleeding a lot from it's comb yesterday afternoon, don't know the cause of the injury but this little Welsummer does get bullied sometimes. When I locked them all in for the night it was still pumping blood and a little pool of it had formed on the floor where it was roosting. Not wanting to come out in the morning to bloodless bag of feathers in the henhouse I brought her up to the house to try and stem the flow. We cleaned the area and it was only a tiny split in her comb but the blood supply must be great as it took nearly an hour of holding the split to get it to clot and stop. Are there some magic sprays, pastes, etc that we could use to stop bleeding as holding a chicken on the kitchen table for an hour is not my idea of a fun evening.

We kept her in a cage in the house overnight and she seems fine, ready to go back into the run.

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I get cockerels fighting through fences...
The comb is well supplied with blood and so a little cut looks quite bad. Grab it, clean it, and then spray with purple foot spray (the stuff you use on sheeps feet) - it will cut the chance of infection and also the purple colour disguises the colour of the blood and will not attract other hens to peck at it.
Id remove it till it heals or it will continue to be bullied.

Woodburner



Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

iirc either cornflour or icing sugar (possibly both) will act as a clotting agent, and is probably a LOT cheaper than the 'proper' stuff.

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aloe Vera "First Aid" Spray, good on humans too

misty07



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Corn flour is good with. Violet spray

Solorn



Joined: 22 Oct 2008
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Location: Somerset
PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've used vaseline in the past with great success. I buy a very cheap version from Proper Job and use it for cuts and to kill scaley leg mite. Fab stuff to have on hand:)

Leo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 12 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I remember the sugar trick when the kids were little. A friend told me that when the kids cut their mouth (as they often do when falling over etc), to give them a teaspoon of sugar & the bleeding stops. You can then see exactly what the damage is.

Don't see why it wouldn't work to stop bleeding in chickens. Cornflour apparently works well too.

woody guthrie



Joined: 28 Jan 2009
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Location: Cork, Ireland
PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 12 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks for all the replies, plenty of alternatives to try if it happens again. Chicken reunited with rest of them now and all's well at the moment.

Calli



Joined: 13 Mar 2009
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Location: Galway
PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 12 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think I recall reading that the combs act as cooling aids ( like elephant ears 'cept smaller..)


So probably best to leave her outside and not under a lamp?

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