I have a little EE pullet that is about 5 or 6 weeks old. She was scalped a couple of weeks ago by another chick what is 2 weeks older than her. My daughter brought her to me in a panic and initially I thought I would have to cull her. She literally had no skin on her head at all, just clean bone was visible.
I quickly noticed the chick was acting perfectly normal. She was eating, drinking, and no signs of pain.
I decided to give her a chance. I cleaned to wound out with sterile water and applied polysporin. I gave her gatoraid hoping the sugar would prevent shock and rehydrate her after the blood loss. My daughter set up a makeshift "house" for her in her room and decided she would nurse this little bird back to health. I warned her the chick may still not make it. Scrambled eggs and yogurt were added to her diet of chick starter. Her wound was cleaned and the polysporin reapplied daily.
I expected this bird to scream its little head off because it was lonely. It never did, in fact by the next day it was trilling away alone in the bedroom. It has been singing like a sparrow for two weeks now. The wound is slowly healing, the chick is growing quickly. It loves indoor playtime and really seems happy to be alone. This is the first time I have seen this behavior in a chicken! The rest NEED to have another bird around.
Has anyone else had a chick that prefers to be by itself?
I decided to give her a chance. I cleaned to wound out with sterile water and applied polysporin. I gave her gatoraid hoping the sugar would prevent shock and rehydrate her after the blood loss. My daughter set up a makeshift "house" for her in her room and decided she would nurse this little bird back to health. I warned her the chick may still not make it. Scrambled eggs and yogurt were added to her diet of chick starter. Her wound was cleaned and the polysporin reapplied daily.
I expected this bird to scream its little head off because it was lonely. It never did, in fact by the next day it was trilling away alone in the bedroom. It has been singing like a sparrow for two weeks now. The wound is slowly healing, the chick is growing quickly. It loves indoor playtime and really seems happy to be alone. This is the first time I have seen this behavior in a chicken! The rest NEED to have another bird around.
Has anyone else had a chick that prefers to be by itself?