- Aug 26, 2009
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Hi my name is Jason and I have just registered here hoping someone with experience may help me. My mum has decided to raise Polish chickens and has two which are 4 weeks and another two which are 2 weeks which came out of her incubator.
Here is the horrible part my mum decided to go on holiday and asked me if I could look after her chicks for a week. I was told simply to make sure there was food and water and give them some dried worms from time to time and they would be no bother. So this morning I left them out in the utility room with food and water and I have came home from work to see that one of the little ones has had all off its head feathers pecked out and its head is now red raw and bleeding which looks very painful.
I then watched for five minutes and noticed one of the bigger ones was pecking at his head whilst the little one did nothing although the strange thing is one of the smaller ones doesnt except this and retaliates when they try so the big ones leave that other one alone (i thought maybe he was stronger willed or something as he doesn't take any of there crap?)
Obviously I am a complete noob thrown in at the deep end here and I am now quite sad about the conditon of the little ones head and worried he/she will now die if I dont dissinfect or treat it somehow.
Now being a complete noob the thought of putting some savlon on its head and then obviously seperating the wee one after that occured to me but I thought I would join a forum and ask some experts for advice before I did anything. This morning when I left there was a full head of hair and now it all gone just a large red patch remains
Here is the horrible part my mum decided to go on holiday and asked me if I could look after her chicks for a week. I was told simply to make sure there was food and water and give them some dried worms from time to time and they would be no bother. So this morning I left them out in the utility room with food and water and I have came home from work to see that one of the little ones has had all off its head feathers pecked out and its head is now red raw and bleeding which looks very painful.
I then watched for five minutes and noticed one of the bigger ones was pecking at his head whilst the little one did nothing although the strange thing is one of the smaller ones doesnt except this and retaliates when they try so the big ones leave that other one alone (i thought maybe he was stronger willed or something as he doesn't take any of there crap?)
Obviously I am a complete noob thrown in at the deep end here and I am now quite sad about the conditon of the little ones head and worried he/she will now die if I dont dissinfect or treat it somehow.
Now being a complete noob the thought of putting some savlon on its head and then obviously seperating the wee one after that occured to me but I thought I would join a forum and ask some experts for advice before I did anything. This morning when I left there was a full head of hair and now it all gone just a large red patch remains
