Injured Hen

Poor Tilly had a small amount of blood on her right wing the evening of the storm.  We checked on he a little later and found that it had gotten worse.  The other girls were actually pecking at the blood!  Poor girl!  So we removed Tilly from the coop and put her in isolation in the garage.  She remained in the garage for three days to give the wing time to heal.  It looked like she scratched herself on a branch.  A few feathers were missing, but there were no deep wounds.  By the end of three days there was no blood, so we put her back outside with the other two girls.  They went about their business like nothing had happened.  It was scary to see her so uncomfortable, but we are glad she is okay.  I bet Layla and Yadi are glad to have her back in the coop too... the extra warmth will be welcome.

Poor Tilly