8 week old chick with bad leg attacked by others

[DoubleBoop]

She is getting stronger and feeling good! It had to have been malnourishment and vitamin deficiency.

 

[rebrascora]

"She" is looking very much like a he at the moment, but I am pleased it is doing better.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

She is getting stronger and feeling good! It had to have been malnourishment and vitamin deficiency.

Lookin' good!

Wish I could be confident as you are about it being a vitamin deficiency. Lots of birds survive Marek's.

So keep your eyes open in the next few weeks for any to show symptoms. And I did remember the supplements that showed the best improvement for Marek's or deficiency was Vitamin E and Selenium.

Wish I could disagree with @rebrascora about gender thoughts... but his whole face does look red so maybe it's just flushing.

I can't see the wound, but that is looking like a nice recovery!

 

[DoubleBoop]

"She" is looking very much like a he at the moment, but I am pleased it is doing better.

She may be, we're not sure

 

[DoubleBoop]

Here's another pic.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Wow, he is pretty.

Do you know what breed? Mixed I'm guessing. I thought it was a tiny straight comb and tiny waddles... but is that peas?

 

[DoubleBoop]

How do you know it's a he? My girlfriend is not convinced. It is a mixed breed. Her chickens are half wild except for the 10 that are the same age as this one. She raised them and did a great job domesticating them.

 

[rebrascora]

A red comb at that age is the usual sign of a cockerel, plus he is getting red patches on his wings which is another male indicator.
Did she hatch them from eggs or get them as chicks?

 

[DoubleBoop]

A red comb at that age is the usual sign of a cockerel, plus he is getting red patches on his wings which is another male indicator.
Did she hatch them from eggs or get them as chicks?

They were hatched by a hen in her coop. She took them and raised them herself. The chicks don't survive very well unless they're taken, at her place. There were 5 more that hatched that she left with their momma but only one survived. The other 4 disappeared. Presumably eaten by a snake. No feathers anywhere.

 

[DoubleBoop]

Do you think the red comb could be from the B vitamin shot we injected into her/him when she/he was weak?