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How hard is it pecking at the chick? Is it removing fluff? Is it a fast paced yet short peeps or a fast paced loud long peeps? My chicks sometimes climb over and under one-another and do light pecks at each-other without doing any damage and do fast-paced short peeps as they do so, and for the...

Mine have, or had until I decided to give them back to the hen full term, a sand bedding. It has tissue at the bottom and sand on the top. The sand gives them grit which helps them digest the food and prevent pasty butt, and something to peck at along with their food. The chicks also like to...

I suggest putting a mirror and a stuffed toy in their brooders so they won't get lonely and have something to snuggle up against. I have been lucky so far to not have any issues with chicks bullying one-another, the most issue I have when they are young is them pecking at one-another's toes...

If it refuses to walk even when hearing my voice, I lightly brush my finger over it's head to get it in snuggle mode, then move the finger away. Repeat it until the chick follows your finger. :)

I had chicks who were a little weaker with leg muscles than the others. Lay down and put it on your stomach and call it over, it'll head to your voice in an awkward manner which'll build up the leg muscles. I do that with any weak-legged chicks I get and within 1 or 2 days they are more stable...