chick health

[Opa]

I have Welsummer and Astrolops and they are five days old. They have started pecking at each others feet and now several have very bloody feet with ends of toes missing. I tried painting the bloody spots with tincture of violet medication but that hasn't helped. any suggestions

 

[silkiechicken]

How big of a brooder do you have for them? What are the temps like? Sounds like boredom and they have found a taste for blood. Do you know the one who's doing the picking?

 

[ArcticFox]

You'll have to remove the ones with the bloody red soars or try to cover them up. I'm having a terrible keeping one of my chicks toe covered with a bandaid but it's the only thing I've found to keep her and the others from pecking at it.