Aggressive chick - Edit: Success!!!!! Worth the work =)

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Amazing what a "time out" can do! Little Miss Nugget spent a night and part of yesterday sequestered from the other two chicks. Every time I would put her back in with them she would start pecking again and I would immediately remove her. I also tried the "hissing" recommended upthread - maybe that was the magic touch - by yesterday late afternoon she seemed to have settled down and they all three spent the night together and no one seems worse for the wear this morning. Looks like the little RIR gets to stay. Whew!



Really appreciate BYC - not sure we would have waited it out if I hadn't found this thread.

 
AZSummer said:
They can change. My first batch had 8 chicks. Sheila that was MEAN to 4 of the other chicks. We had to separated her into another brooder for a bit of time out.

Donna took her place as the mean girl in the flock. She went into the separate brooder with Sheila. The two were fine together but picked on the 4 "weak ones" when we put them together. We kept them apart for a day, and then tried to put them back together. There was no improvement. We kept them apart for a second day and tried agail; still no improvement. I gave them away to our neighbor that night. Our girls are BFFs. Two days later he gave them back. The peeping drove him crazy. After 4-5 days apart, we put them back together. They've been fine every since! It may take several days to fix.


EDIT: It's interesting that everyone's having issues with Americana/EEs.
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thank you so much for this. Perhaps giving her more separate attention, could help? I tend to personally (vs the kids) hold and talk to each other individual then later get all of one kind to do the same or even mixed it up once or twice. Trying anything to get them to not be skittish & to get along.
 
Bumping this thread since it's chicks season.

I have an aggressive chick. She has bloodied 6 of the 11 chicks in the brooder between when I cleaned it and now, three hours later. They are mixed together and many are still yellow, but I think she's a Buff Wyandotte. She likes to be held and is ok for a few hours after we hold her but I think one you g to put her is solitary for a few days.

I went to WILCO for chick grit and the week old chicks were reduced 75%...I felt sorry for them. This is the first time I have purchased chicks is that are not locally hatched and more than a few hours old, they are timid and loud and this one is the devil. I won't be doing it again.
 
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