Justmewithchix
Chirping
So I've got my just about 6 weeks old flock of Buff Orpington chicks, I've got 19 to the flock, I moved them to the outdoor coop/run about a week ago as they had started to bully each other to the point of bleeding, about a day or two ago now I started to notice that some chicks are missing feathers/have broken and bleeding feathers at the tail again and im trying to catch them as I see them to bring them in and get them doctored up before putting them back with the flock again, and I'm just wondering what may be prompting this???
I started giving them access to a large run during the day, they're just little so its a huge space for them. I tried to clutter it a little bit with some scrap wood pallets/panel fragments i had laying around, but is there something I can do to try to alleviate this behavior a bit? I had four just today I had to bring in to clean up because the dried blood was drawing the others' attention, so I'm a little concerned. This seems a bit much for just a pecking order establishment among the flock.
I started giving them access to a large run during the day, they're just little so its a huge space for them. I tried to clutter it a little bit with some scrap wood pallets/panel fragments i had laying around, but is there something I can do to try to alleviate this behavior a bit? I had four just today I had to bring in to clean up because the dried blood was drawing the others' attention, so I'm a little concerned. This seems a bit much for just a pecking order establishment among the flock.