I have 5 bantams. One, a 8-10 week old still with her mother in the coop and run, is being abused by my barred rock bantam hen.
The BR is always on the lookout for a chance to peck at the baby, usually in the head, and the mother hen doesn't seem to be very protective.
I just noticed that the side of the baby's face is swollen and the eye isn't as round(don't know if this makes sense) as usual.
My fear is that my baby has lost an eye, or that the abuse will get worse. I had planned to introduce the 5 bantams in with my full size RIR's this next week, but I need to deal with this problem first.
What should I do? I don't really have much room to isolate the baby or the BR... I already have the run split in to for the RIR/bantam quarantine.
Does the BR need to go, or what kind of quality of life will the baby have if eye eye is gone?
Thanks everyone!
Adam
The BR is always on the lookout for a chance to peck at the baby, usually in the head, and the mother hen doesn't seem to be very protective.
I just noticed that the side of the baby's face is swollen and the eye isn't as round(don't know if this makes sense) as usual.
My fear is that my baby has lost an eye, or that the abuse will get worse. I had planned to introduce the 5 bantams in with my full size RIR's this next week, but I need to deal with this problem first.
What should I do? I don't really have much room to isolate the baby or the BR... I already have the run split in to for the RIR/bantam quarantine.
Does the BR need to go, or what kind of quality of life will the baby have if eye eye is gone?
Thanks everyone!
Adam
