- Jun 3, 2007
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I have a baby chick with an exposed bone on its wing. It was with it's mother but the other hens had to have gotten to it and pecked it. I seperated the chick and now have it in a crate alone. However, I have a bantam hen with 10 chicks that the crate is next to and I believe she thinks that this is her baby. I put some black tar looking stuff on it (I forget the name) to prevent pecking - after a couple of days I put the chick in with the others and they all, including the hen, wanted to peck on that area. So I removed the chick and it's back in the crate.
The chick desperately wants out of that crate and to be with the others but it'll get pecked to death if I do that. Any ideas on what I should do?
Thanks in advance!
Shelly in VA
The chick desperately wants out of that crate and to be with the others but it'll get pecked to death if I do that. Any ideas on what I should do?
Thanks in advance!
Shelly in VA