I think she's doing better tonight. I was down there with them all out going about my business for a while and I didn't hear the shriek of tortured chicks. I'll double check before bed. It's a real pain having one chick in "chick jail."
Hoping they all integrate well!
All right, I'll throw some things in there for them to peck at other than EYES!! Everyone else is totally appropriate--a few little pecks here and there, but not at all of the eyes of the buff and yellow chicks!! UGH!
She'll come out of jail when I get home at 2:00 and I'll try to come up with...
Brooder is HUGE!! There's a warm side and a cool side. Plenty of room to get away. It's 95 under the lamps. I ordered all pullets, but I'm sure it could be a cockerel.
I ordered straight run last time and had oodles of boys, but none behaved this viciously!!
She's under the plastic basket with...
What do I do for this Easter Egger chick that RELENTLESSLY picks at other chicks eyes? Specifically yellow or buff colored chicks eyes? It's like she doesn't eat or sleep--just lives to grab hold of chicks eyeballs!
This isn't my first shipment of chicks--we had 45 back in August, but this girl...