Originally Posted by DaveA:
Reintroducing her to the flock is easier than putting a brand new bird in, but it takes a few days. Basically you start out in the day putting her in an pen next to the group's pen, then in the group's pen fenced off by herself, then let them run the entire area together but bring her in at night, and lastly take her away from the group before they bed down and put her in the coop after they've gone in and calmed down. While this is going on I'll throw some of her bedding in the coop so they remember her smell. Like I said- that's a few weeks off. She'll be fine missing some feathers, but any open wounds and they'll peck at her till she's done for. That's why most chick brooders are supposed to use red heat lamps- so that if a chick gets a wound the others can't tell it's bleeding.
I hope Ace continues to improve!