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It's almost the entire back of her neck. I just noticed a flap of skin that isn't attached, too. I'll see if the feed store has blue-kote or veterycin tomorrow. Everything is closed right now =(

We have a broody hen caring for 5 chicks (about 3 weeks old), and they are currently separated from our two other birds, a hen and a rooster. One of the chicks managed to get through our barrier, and was attacked while we were out today. We came back to find that either the hen or the rooster...

Our mother hen is now beginning to attack her chicks (5-6 weeks old). Enough that one of them is now bleeding on his neck. I have Momma and the other hens free ranging away from the chicks right now, but at night they all sleep in the same coop. How do I keep the hen from further injuring the...

Yeah, we guessed pullet for that one, because the crown is so small. Well, if ever one of our hens goes broody again and they continue to have fertilized eggs (thanks to the local wild roosters), maybe we'll get more pullets next time. Now we need to decide on what to do with the roos

I just added a third, but those are the two we were wondering about. Our first batch of chicks and 2/3 are likely roosters... Awesome

Our 3 chicks are about 6 weeks old, and we're wondering what their sexes are. My husband thinks the black&white (barred rock mix) and yellow&brown (easter egger) are males, but since all our hens had large crowns at this age, it's hard to be sure. I can add more pics if needed. Thank you! [/IMG]

Okay, thanks. How old should this younger chick be before we try to introduce it to the flock? (We do have 2 other hens as well).

Hi all, I posted before about whether to tell if an was still viable or not. I checked it today and saw movement! Now here's our issue: Our hen already has 3 hatched chicks, which are about to be a week old. This chick, based on the candled pics I saw online, has another week or so to go...

Can you only do this test on eggs that are overdue for hatching? I have an egg that is about a week away from hatching, but as momma hen is no longer sitting on it constantly, we want to verify if it is still alive and worth incubating ourselves, or if it's died already.

Hello! We have a bit of a situation and don't know how to proceed. One of our hens went broody, and while we were getting things together to separate her from our other hens, our other hens laid a few under her. She has 3 hatchlings right now, all 3-5 days old, and still had three unhatched...

Okay. We do have food and water in the kennel for them. Today has been better - if the older one chases them, it's usually to put them in the kennel or a corner then backs off... Like she's herding them, almost. We've continued to keep a close eye on them. At what point will we know that they've...

Not with a wire meah. but we do have half the enterance covered with a blanket during the day. Our older pullet doesn't go into the kennel regardless though, she hates being in there.

Okay. We don't have the coop fully set up yet, but were allowing the three to roam our sun room in 30-45 minute sessions throughout the day. One of the chicks has tried to, what looked to be, challenge our older pullet, and we've intervened when we see it happen. Today, our older pullet has also...

I posted before about how and when to introduce our pullet to some new chicks. We bought the chicks two days ago, and currently have them in a large, plastic dog kennel in the sun room, where our pullet frequents to eat and drink, and where she currently sleeps at night. It's been suggested to...

Okay, thank you. I'll ask around the local pet supply stores if they have it, and in the mean time use Neosporin and keep an eye on them to make sure the other chick isn't pecking at it. We just have the two and won't be integrating them with our lone older pullet for another couple of weeks.

Okay, thank you! In the mean time, can we put any antibiotic ointment on it? Like Neosporin?

Okay, thank you! This is our current set up - we have 2- 22 day old chicks in the kennel. Our PeekABoo is freely roaming the sun room as usual. When we first moved the chicks into the kennel, PeekABoo didn't sound too happy, but the last half hour or so seems curious about the little new comers.

Also, will the feathers grow back?

Can we get that at any pet supply store?

So we finally went to buy new chicks so our lone PeekABoo wouldn't be lonely. We realized one of the chicks has this bare patch, and was told that the there is a chick in the brooder pecking at the others. Our question is, how do we care for this? Do we leave it be? Put antibiotics on it? TIA