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- Apr 9, 2022
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I have a pullet that's 2 months old. She's the only one of the very small clutch of eggs my bantam cochin was sitting on that hatched. She's also the only chick I've had raised by a hen.
And she tries to eat everything. She eats pieces of bedding and her own feathers. If you try to stop her, she freaks out: high pitched squawking/screeching, trying to run away, etc. My kids were holding her and a piece of bedding fell onto the couch and she lunged for it. I've never seen a chick act like this.
Is there something wrong with her? I never noticed the mama hen hoarding food or preventing her from eating, if anything the chick steals any snacks or treats we give and eats them as quickly as possible. She's on grower feed and gets treats like peas, tomatoes, some fruit occasionally. I don't want to take her to the vet for something that might be a personality thing but also I'm really afraid she'll find and eat something bad for her or get an impacted crop.
And she tries to eat everything. She eats pieces of bedding and her own feathers. If you try to stop her, she freaks out: high pitched squawking/screeching, trying to run away, etc. My kids were holding her and a piece of bedding fell onto the couch and she lunged for it. I've never seen a chick act like this.
Is there something wrong with her? I never noticed the mama hen hoarding food or preventing her from eating, if anything the chick steals any snacks or treats we give and eats them as quickly as possible. She's on grower feed and gets treats like peas, tomatoes, some fruit occasionally. I don't want to take her to the vet for something that might be a personality thing but also I'm really afraid she'll find and eat something bad for her or get an impacted crop.