It is for minor cuts, grazes and abrasions. The colour purple is to disguise anything reddened by blood or that is inflamed. Chickens are highly attracted to blood and will peck and peck and peck causing horrendous wounds. Purple spray is great at disguising this redness and is very useful when a chicken is moulting.
A non-aerosol purple spray for treating minor wounds on all birds and animals. Gentian is a natural antiseptic used for generations when treating animals and birds with skin abrasions or wounds. Also helps to stop feather pecking by covering bare skin and wounds by making them purple and therefore less inviting.
Nettex Anti-Feather Pecking Spray is a dual purpose spray to help prevent pecking among chickens and cleanse minor wounds.
Apply a concealing wound spray to reintegrate a healing bird. If you need or want to return the bird to the flock while it heals, use a wound spray that comes pre-dyed—they're usually blue or purple in color. The dye conceals the wound so that other chickens aren't encouraged to peck at it.
Additionally, you can put vaseline on any open wounds that continue to be pecked. This will seal the wound from potential bacterial exposure while discouraging other birds from continuing to peck that spot.
Spray the wound with Vetericyn Plus Poultry Care. This easy-to-use spray will clean the wound and aid in effective healing, discouraging infections by killing bacteria. Apply four times a day to keep the site clean. If the wound is near hen's eye or ear, apply the liquid with a dropper.
Cannibalistic chickens, injured birds, victims of cannibalism, and dead birds should be quickly removed from the flock. Fowl will peck at injured, impaired, or dead birds in their pens as a result of the social order and their natural curiosity. When pecking starts, it can quickly develop into a vicious habit.
This has been so effective.... we have three birds and one is a naughty bully. There is plenty of space and things for them to do but she continued to pick on one making her raw and sore. Within days there is a dramatic improvement and a couple of weeks later all her feathers are starting to form again.
Is Mosquito Spray Safe For Chickens? NO. Any kind of insecticide or animal/pest repellant is not safe for chickens or other living animals. As an alternative I recommend you plant certain herbs like lemongrass and lavender to keep mosquitos away.
Sometimes our hens get into scrapes and can sustain minor injuries. These can easily be treated with our new antiseptic Blue Spray. Hens are naturally attracted to the colour red so can easily be fooled by spraying an injured area with Blue Spray.
It is for minor cuts, grazes and abrasions. The colour purple is to disguise anything reddened by blood or that is inflamed. Chickens are highly attracted to blood and will peck and peck and peck causing horrendous wounds. Purple spray is great at disguising this redness and is very useful when a chicken is moulting.
Purple spray or gentian violet spray is used as an antiseptic for minor cuts and abrasions on birds and animals. It can help to treat wounds caused by feather pecking. This is an easy to use, non aerosol spray that should be applied generously to the affected area after cleaning.
This anti feather pecking spray has a terrible taste and a strong odour which will discourage any naughty chicken from plucking and pecking their housemate. The problem should cease within a week of use.
Let The Birds Roam Free
A change of environment is often a great way to make your chickens happier. Providing free-range gives chickens the opportunity to flee when pursued by one another. Instead of quickly escalating to violence and pecking, free-range chickens can escape to safety in another part of their enclosure.
A chicken's rank may be based on the size, color, age or personality of the individual, while a newly integrated chicken is often lower in the pecking order than those on home ground. Serious pecking is often a sign of high stress, boredom, sickness or overcrowding.
Often, vent pecking can occur due to boredom so providing enough enrichment for your hens is a good of keeping them stimulated. Overcrowding can be a cause of behavioural issues which is why we recommend giving your flock the maximum amount of space possible in your garden.
Bigger, stronger, and more aggressive chickens bully their way to the top of the flock by pecking the others into submission with their pointy beaks. First they strut about, fluff their feathers, and squawk, but if that doesn't get the point across, they peck. It can get violent.
Vaseline has proven to prevent frostbite in chickens by providing a moisture-free barrier between the skin and cold air.
Boredom is a common culprit of spats between hens. In the long Winter months, lack of free-range access, lack of fresh grass, and tight quarters in the coop can lead to naughty behavior. Trauma also is a cause of fighting among your hens. The stress of losing members of the flock leads to more aggression.
A flat-out missing chicken could have been carried off by a fox, coyote, dog, bobcat, hawk, or owl. Unless the bird was small, an owl is more likely to leave the carcass behind, with the head and neck missing. If your coop is near water, a mink may be the culprit. Do raccoons eat chickens?