ReiK
Chirping
Hi,
i have 3 chicks from the hatchery last May 17. 2 were male and 1 was female. One male last week had a bloody diarrhea and i treated them all with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. They are on day 4 of treatment, tomorrow will be their last day. For the first two days of treatment, the male is quite lethargic. On the third day (yesterday), gladly he recovered fully and was active. i noticed yesterday he started picking on the feathers of his other two companions. On the leg feather, on the chest crop portion, etc. some feathers were pulled off and comes with it little bleed from the shafts of the feathers. I started separating him putting a plywood division at night time. At daytime, i allow him to mingle fully again with the other two under full supervision. He still does that once in a while, so i again repeat the night separation. I am wondering if i can just completely separate him from the other two in a different cage? I want him to be with another but he pecks both of the two. I don’t want to keep stressing them on the nighttime catch for them to be separated. Please help. I don’t want it to reach a serious injury.
i have 3 chicks from the hatchery last May 17. 2 were male and 1 was female. One male last week had a bloody diarrhea and i treated them all with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. They are on day 4 of treatment, tomorrow will be their last day. For the first two days of treatment, the male is quite lethargic. On the third day (yesterday), gladly he recovered fully and was active. i noticed yesterday he started picking on the feathers of his other two companions. On the leg feather, on the chest crop portion, etc. some feathers were pulled off and comes with it little bleed from the shafts of the feathers. I started separating him putting a plywood division at night time. At daytime, i allow him to mingle fully again with the other two under full supervision. He still does that once in a while, so i again repeat the night separation. I am wondering if i can just completely separate him from the other two in a different cage? I want him to be with another but he pecks both of the two. I don’t want to keep stressing them on the nighttime catch for them to be separated. Please help. I don’t want it to reach a serious injury.