Bloody butt!!

[MischickenNY]

Help!!! I was attending to the chickens this morning and noticed this! It was only on one of them, pumpkin, and none of the other chicks. I’m not sure if these are good pictures, what is it and what do I do?

 

[DobieLover]

Wash the area clean and dry her well.
Make sure she isn't being pecked by the other chicks.
Are all the chicks the same age? How much space do they have?

 

[MischickenNY]

Wash the area clean and dry her well.
Make sure she isn't being pecked by the other chicks.
Are all the chicks the same age? How much space do they have?

they are in a home made wooden box(?), it’s about 4x3. They’re all about the same age but she’s actually a few days or a week older and one of the larger ones as most of the others are bantams. They have room to escape each other and run around the box I’d say.

 

[DobieLover]

they are in a home made wooden box(?), it’s about 4x3. They’re all about the same age but she’s actually a few days or a week older and one of the larger ones as most of the others are bantams. They have room to escape each other and run around the box I’d say.

How many are in there?
Do they have perches? Sod clumps to dig through? A pan for dust bathing? How old are they?

 

[MischickenNY]

How many are in there?
Do they have perches? Sod clumps to dig through? A pan for dust bathing? How old are they?

There is 10 in there 5 are smaller. The hatchery we got them from said that would be fine for them until they moved to the chicken coop. Is this too small????? They have perches. What’s a sod clump? I didn’t know about this, they dust bathe in the shavings, should I get a pan?? What do I put in the pan? Should I extend the box??? They range from 5-6.5 weeks.

 

[DobieLover]

There is 10 in there 5 are smaller. The hatchery we got them from said that would be fine for them until they moved to the chicken coop. Is this too small????? They have perches. What’s a sod clump? I didn’t know about this, they dust bathe in the shavings, should I get a pan?? What do I put in the pan? Should I extend the box??? They range from 5-6.5 weeks.

They are old enough to be moved to the coop and if they were mine that's we're I'd put them.
That brooder is way too small for that many chicks of that age. They are likely bored and frustrated.
A sod clumps is just that. Get a shovel and dig up a chunk of your yard with grass, rocks, roots and all and given them that.

 

[MischickenNY]

They are old enough to be moved to the coop and if they were mine that's we're I'd put them.
That brooder is way too small for that many chicks of that age. They are likely bored and frustrated.
A sod clumps is just that. Get a shovel and dig up a chunk of your yard with grass, rocks, roots and all and given them that.

I was informed that they shouldn’t be moved until about 8 weeks? Especially since we haven’t had stable weather up here. It’s been anywhere from 40 to high 50s during the day but drops to high 30s overnight. We’re just now getting days above 60 but its a downpour. Is that okay to transfer them? I am still getting bsck into chickens so I feel so lost now, I’m sorry for all these questions.

 

[DobieLover]

I was informed that they shouldn’t be moved until about 8 weeks? Especially since we haven’t had stable weather up here. It’s been anywhere from 40 to high 50s during the day but drops to high 30s overnight. We’re just now getting days above 60 but its a downpour. Is that okay to transfer them? I am still getting bsck into chickens so I feel so lost now, I’m sorry for all these questions.

I'd put them out with a huddle box in the coop with thick bedding. Make it like a cave that is large enough for all of them to get in there but still cozy. Make sure there are no drafts blowing across the face of the "cave". They'll do great.
Let me put it another way. My nights are going below freezing and the days have been in the 40s, just recently getting into the low 60s and I've got chicks hatching in the coop right now under a broody. The chicks will be just fine.

 

[MischickenNY]

I'd put them out with a huddle box in the coop with thick bedding. Make it like a cave that is large enough for all of them to get in there but still cozy. Make sure there are no drafts blowing across the face of the "cave". They'll do great.
Let me put it another way. My nights are going below freezing and the days have been in the 40s, just recently getting into the low 60s and I've got chicks hatching in the coop right now under a broody. The chicks will be just fine.

Perfect I will move them out there by Sunday. I have a place under their nest boxes that I can
Add a piece of plywood to and it would
Be boxed off three ways and accessible from the side, but blocked off from any drafts. Would this work?

 

[DobieLover]

Perfect I will move them out there by Sunday. I have a place under their nest boxes that I can
Add a piece of plywood to and it would
Be boxed off three ways and accessible from the side, but blocked off from any drafts. Would this work?

Pictures?
A cardboard box works fine too. Lay it on it's side and leave the top flap down.