Poor thing! I am not sure about the eyes but If the chick is not pooping it may be because it has pasty butt. To check if it has got this look at the birds rear end and check if there is any poo blocking where the poo usually comes out. If it does have pasty butt I think you should get a...
Yeah I thought that would be a good idea but not sure the rest of my household would be OK with it as we have lots of chickens all ready. But who knows maybe I'll be able to persuade them! 🙂
Thank you so much for the advice 😄! I think some herbs are supposed to smell strong for chickens and so I will try things like that to help guide him around. And I am probably more of a newbie than you and so I'm very glad you've made these suggestions.
Unfortunately no, we didn't have enough room to put him near his old coop and also he was very stressed when he was anywhere near the other cockerel who was repeatedly trying to attack him through the fence.
Thanks for the idea
Would do that but the hens seem happy with the cockerel they're with and am afraid that they might be upset if moved away. Thanks for the suggestion though 😁
Hi everyone, we have a blind cockerel who has extremely poor eyesight after getting into a fight with another cockerel.
A few months ago, we moved him into a separate enclosure to his flock as the same cockerel kept attacking him. Now, he is on his own with no hens and seems to be very...