Manna Pro Hen Healer Chicken Wound Ointment
Manna Pro® Hen Healer™ chicken wound ointment is a blue, lanolin-based skin protectant made for all classes of poultry. It temporarily protects and helps support healing of minor cuts, lacerations, scrapes, sores, chapping, and dry skin. The thick formula keeps affected areas soft and supple while creating a protective barrier against insects and dirt.
This 2 oz jar is a practical addition to a backyard flock first-aid kit. For a broader preparedness plan, review our chicken first aid kit essentials. Hen Healer is intended for minor skin concerns within the current package directions. It is not an antibiotic, antiseptic, disinfectant, or substitute for professional veterinary diagnosis and treatment.
Benefits of the Blue Lanolin Formula
- Protects minor skin concerns: Temporarily protects minor cuts, scrapes, sores, chapping, and dry skin while supporting the natural healing process.
- Creates a physical barrier: Helps shield the treated area from insects and dirt.
- Keeps skin soft: The lanolin-based ointment helps keep affected areas soft and supple rather than dry and cracked.
- Helps deter pecking: The blue formula is labeled to help deter flockmates from pecking.
- No egg withdrawal required: The current manufacturer label states that no egg withdrawal is required when the product is used as directed.
The blue formula can support flock management, but it does not guarantee that pecking will stop. Separate or protect an injured bird when continued flock attention could worsen the area.
Where Can Hen Healer Be Applied?
The product is labeled for use on the body, legs, head, face, comb, and wattles of poultry. Suitable uses include minor surface cuts, scrapes, sores, chapped areas, and dry skin that fall within the label directions. Inspect the bird carefully before deciding that home topical care is appropriate.
Do not rely on an ointment alone for deep or puncture wounds, predator bites, extensive tissue damage, eye injuries, fractures, heavy bleeding, serious burns, or signs of infection or systemic illness. These concerns may require prompt veterinary assessment and condition-specific treatment.
How to Apply Manna Pro Hen Healer
- Calmly restrain the bird and examine the affected area in good light.
- Clean the area thoroughly using an approach appropriate for the injury and any veterinary instructions you have received.
- Apply a thick coat of Hen Healer to the minor affected area.
- Apply at least once daily and repeat as needed, following the directions on the jar you receive.
- Monitor both the treated area and the bird’s behavior, appetite, activity, and interaction with flockmates.
Keep the original labeled container with the product and wash your hands after application. Online information is a buying overview; the current jar directions should always control.
Lanolin 30% and Other Ingredients
Hen Healer contains Lanolin USP 30% as its active ingredient. Lanolin functions as a skin protectant and helps the thick ointment remain on the treated area. The current label also lists beeswax, carvacrol, disodium EDTA, FD&C Blue No. 1, fragrance, lanolin alcohol, methyl salicylate, mineral oil, petrolatum, purified water, sodium borate, and sorbitan sesquioleate as inactive ingredients.
Product formulas and packaging can change. Review the ingredient statement on the jar before use, especially when a bird has a known sensitivity or a veterinarian has advised avoiding a particular ingredient.
Safety, Storage, and Veterinary Guidance
- Use only for poultry and minor skin concerns covered by the current label.
- For topical use; do not administer orally.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Store at 68–77°F (20–25°C), according to the current label.
- Consult a veterinarian if the condition persists or worsens.
- Seek veterinary care for deep or puncture wounds or serious burns.
Contact a poultry veterinarian promptly for spreading redness, swelling, heat, discharge, odor, renewed bleeding, weakness, reduced appetite, breathing changes, or any injury that is more than minor. Our guide to how to tell if a chicken is sick explains normal observations, warning signs, and urgent symptoms. Hen Healer forms a protective skin barrier; it should not be described or used as an antibiotic or infection treatment.
Product Details
- Product: Manna Pro Hen Healer Multi-Purpose Ointment
- Product type: Poultry skin protectant and chicken wound ointment
- Size: 2 oz (57 g)
- Form: Blue topical ointment
- Active ingredient: Lanolin USP 30%
- Designed for: All classes of poultry
- Application areas: Body, legs, head, face, comb, and wattles
- Egg withdrawal: None required when used according to the current label
- SKU: 1000216
Important: Read and follow the label on the product you receive. Consult a licensed veterinarian when an injury is deep, severe, worsening, or otherwise outside the directions for minor topical care.
Manna Pro Hen Healer: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Manna Pro Hen Healer used for?
Manna Pro Hen Healer is a lanolin skin protectant for all classes of poultry. It temporarily protects and helps support healing of minor cuts, lacerations, scrapes, sores, chapping, and dry skin while helping keep affected areas soft and protected from insects and dirt.
Is Hen Healer an antibiotic or antiseptic?
No. Hen Healer is a lanolin-based skin protectant, not an antibiotic, antiseptic, disinfectant, or treatment for infection. Seek veterinary guidance when an injury may be infected or requires more than minor topical care.
How do I apply Hen Healer ointment to a chicken?
Clean the affected area thoroughly, then apply a thick coat to the minor affected area at least once daily. Repeat as needed and follow the complete directions on the jar you receive.
Where can Hen Healer be applied on poultry?
The product is labeled for use on the body, legs, head, face, comb, and wattles of poultry. Use it only for minor skin concerns covered by the current label and avoid treating serious injuries as routine topical care.
Does the blue Hen Healer formula help deter pecking?
The current product label describes the blue formula as helping deter pecking. It does not guarantee that flockmates will leave an injured bird alone, so separate or protect the bird if continued pecking could worsen the area.
Does Manna Pro Hen Healer require egg withdrawal?
The current manufacturer label states that no egg withdrawal is required when Hen Healer is used according to its directions. Always follow the label on the specific jar you receive.
What is the active ingredient in Hen Healer?
The active ingredient is Lanolin USP 30%. Lanolin functions as a skin protectant and helps keep the treated area soft and supple while the ointment forms a physical barrier.
When does a chicken injury need veterinary care?
Consult a veterinarian if the condition persists or worsens, or for deep or puncture wounds, serious burns, heavy bleeding, predator bites, eye injuries, extensive tissue damage, discharge, odor, swelling, weakness, reduced appetite, or other signs that the problem is more than minor.
