Baby chick being pecked on neck

[missy1971]

Lol...great...thanks!

 

[missy1971]

ok, my little chick doesnt seem to be any better, she still has some spunk but is wobbly and not eating and drinking like she should. Should i bring her back inside so i watch her closely?>

 

[Eggcessive]

I would just go out to her brooder and spend some time getting her to drink and eat. Bits of chopped egg, wet chick feed in a small bowl with maybe a 1/2 tsp of yogurt could be very attractive to eat. Give her playtime with the other chicks while you observe them, until they ignore her. Use a thermometer on the floor of your brooder to make sure it is not too hot. For 2 week olds 85 degrees F is plenty warm, then make sure she can get to a cooler spot. The more you remove her from the flock, the longer it will take them to accept her. Also, she may be a weak chick or have something wrong. The more you can work with her, the better her chances.

 

[missy1971]

I would just go out to her brooder and spend some time getting her to drink and eat. Bits of chopped egg, wet chick feed in a small bowl with maybe a 1/2 tsp of yogurt could be very attractive to eat. Give her playtime with the other chicks while you observe them, until they ignore her. Use a thermometer on the floor of your brooder to make sure it is not too hot. For 2 week olds 85 degrees F is plenty warm, then make sure she can get to a cooler spot. The more you remove her from the flock, the longer it will take them to accept her. Also, she may be a weak chick or have something wrong. The more you can work with her, the better her chances.

I put her out with the rest, they are not pecking quite as bad, but she is still not herself like she was when i got her. she is shaking alot, ill put a video on here to give yall an idea of how she is acting.

 

[missy1971]

I would just go out to her brooder and spend some time getting her to drink and eat. Bits of chopped egg, wet chick feed in a small bowl with maybe a 1/2 tsp of yogurt could be very attractive to eat. Give her playtime with the other chicks while you observe them, until they ignore her. Use a thermometer on the floor of your brooder to make sure it is not too hot. For 2 week olds 85 degrees F is plenty warm, then make sure she can get to a cooler spot. The more you remove her from the flock, the longer it will take them to accept her. Also, she may be a weak chick or have something wrong. The more you can work with her, the better her chances.

I put her out with the rest, they are not pecking quite as bad, but she is still not herself like she was when i got her. she is shaking alot, ill put a video on here to give yall an idea of how she is acting.

Ok that is a pic of her neck. I put more blu kote again today
I hopevshevis still alive in the morning

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you still have a barrier between her or the other chicks as Wyorp Rock suggested? Or is she with the others? Can you check on her tonite? Hopefully, she won't get pecked, but if she is you can still separate her with a little sreen or wire fencing. She does need to see the others and vice versa.

 

[missy1971]

Do you still have a barrier between her or the other chicks as Wyorp Rock suggested? Or is she with the others? Can you check on her tonite? Hopefully, she won't get pecked, but if she is you can still separate her with a little sreen or wire fencing. She does need to see the others and vice versa.

she is not separated, i tried that a few times today and she kept trying to stick her head through to get into the main pen. I can check on her tonight, i just did actually, and they were fine and she was snuggled with some of the others. I will check on them later as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

That sounds good. Hopefully they will stop picking on her. Chick feathers usually grow in pretty quickly. Iodine works well to color wounds, and there is a product called Alushield or aluspray that many feed stores sell. Those are aluminum sprays to coat wounds for healing. With chicks, sometimes a red light bulb helps them sleep better without pecking. Unfortunately most of the red lights are 250 watts. When they do not need heat any more about 6 weeks of age, you can use a red 25 watt fluorescent light if you wish that puts out no heat, but gives a little light .

 

[missy1971]

That sounds good. Hopefully they will stop picking on her. Chick feathers usually grow in pretty quickly. Iodine works well to color wounds, and there is a product called Alushield or aluspray that many feed stores sell. Those are aluminum sprays to coat wounds for healing. With chicks, sometimes a red light bulb helps them sleep better without pecking. Unfortunately most of the red lights are 250 watts. When they do not need heat any more about 6 weeks of age, you can use a red 25 watt fluorescent light if you wish that puts out no heat, but gives a little light .

I got the Alushield today, she was not happy when i put it on her..oh and Sophie is her name~ anyway, she is doing better than i expected. she is the smallest of them, but she is a fighter! Thanks for the advice yall are great, and greatly appreciated! Oh also, I got some electrolytes for them, going to put some in their water tonight.

 

[Eggcessive]

I hope Sophie gets along okay and starts getting bigger soon. Let us know how she gets along.