About 20 minutes prior to posting this message I heard one of my birds screaming in their brooder. It sounded like one had jumped out and couldn't get back in (happens often). When I got to the brooder I noticed the whole gang of chicks ganging up on and ripping the back of my Wellsummers's neck. This chick is 5 weeks old and was one of our original 7 birds. She has been and is healthy but I have noticed that she has been picked on before by even the 2 week old chicks. I isolated her but the gash in her neck is bad. I can't see how she can survive. I tried to prepare myself and the poor baby for euthanasia but figured I'd come here first. It must hurt bad but she is more concerned about being in her own cage than the wound on her neck. Here are a few pics but they don't show the gash very well.
