Baby chick with no hair around her bum

[Yael Yolk Tales]

Hello, last Saturday I got my first baby chicks. One chick got pecked in her bum by multiple chicks. I’ve separated her in the same brooder. She’s been in her own area since last Sunday. Her bum doesn’t seem having blood anymore since I’ve been taking care about it during this days. But her bum is completely lacking hair. I tried to reintroduce her to the others yesterday but she got pecked again by two of them and I put her back into her own area. Do they peck because of her naked bum? I put ointment with blue food dye but it seems didn’t work. Could you tell me what else can I do, please? How bad is it for her to be separated like this from the others? I was told about blu-kote, but read some mixed reviews that the alcohol in it might damage her skin.

 

[Mill Chick]

Hello, last Saturday I got my first baby chicks. One chick got pecked in her bum by multiple chicks. I’ve separated her in the same brooder. She’s been in her own area since last Sunday. Her bum doesn’t seem having blood anymore since I’ve been taking care about it during this days. But her bum is completely lacking hair. I tried to reintroduce her to the others yesterday but she got pecked again by two of them and I put her back into her own area. Do they peck because of her naked bum? I put ointment with blue food dye but it seems didn’t work. Could you tell me what else can I do, please? How bad is it for her to be separated like this from the others? I was told about blu-kote, but read some mixed reviews that the alcohol in it might damage her skin.

Pictures might help!

 

[Yael Yolk Tales]

Thank you! This is her bum

 

[Yael Yolk Tales]

And the brooder

 

[Mill Chick]

Thank you! This is her bum

I found some old posts about something that looked very similar. I will try to give you the links in a minute.

 

[Mill Chick]

I found some old posts about something that looked very similar. I will try to give you the links in a minute.

Is this like what your chick is having trouble with? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/naked-butt-chick-whats-wrong.728757/

 

[Mill Chick]

And the brooder

You might also want to consider putting straw, wood shavings, or some type of bedding down because I think wire can cause bumble foot? (at least in quail)

 

[Yael Yolk Tales]

Is this like what your chick is having trouble with? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/naked-butt-chick-whats-wrong.728757/

Thank you so much! I don’t know if that’s the case, but hopefully it’s not due to some kind of heart disease. She plucked her feathers around her bum because it was bleeding. Though she already had some feather loss around her bum when she arrived — but not like this. It got worse after she was pecked by the others.

 

[Yael Yolk Tales]

You might also want to consider putting straw, wood shavings, or some type of bedding down because I think wire can cause bumble foot? (at least in quail)

Wow. I had no idea. Thank you. I was told in the hutchery that they wouldn’t need anything in the brooder like this one.

 

[Mill Chick]

Thank you so much! I don’t know if that’s the case, but hopefully it’s not due to some kind of heart disease. She plucked her feathers around her bum because it was bleeding. Though she already had some feather loss around her bum when she arrived — but not like this. It got worse after she was pecked by the others.

Yeah! hopefully some people with personal experience will come along and give advice.