Chick popped at wrong end

[ncymst]

Yay it hatched at 2:30am thanks

 

[sumi]

That's great! Thanks for the update.

 

[ncymst]

Your welcome but I’m worried about putting my new chicks with my week old chicks because last year when I had chicks even a few days apart the older ones were pecking at the new ones eyes. Why do they do that. Ugh what do I do

 

[chkva]

Your welcome but I’m worried about putting my new chicks with my week old chicks because last year when I had chicks even a few days apart the older ones were pecking at the new ones eyes. Why do they do that. Ugh what do I do

Chicks are curious creatures and usually do that for the first few days. They don't have hands to touch so everything is done by their beak.

 

[ncymst]

Should I put them together if they’re pecking at eyes. I don’t want them to make them go blind or something or should I put a barrier up

 

[casportpony]

Yay it hatched at 2:30am thanks

Congrats!

Should I put them together if they’re pecking at eyes. I don’t want them to make them go blind or something or should I put a barrier up

I think maybe I might try a barrier until the young one is stronger. Is it all of them that peck at it, or just a couple? Is the youngest one all fluffed up and active?

 

[chkva]

Put up some type of barrier that they can see each other, but not peck then they'll realize what they are. Let them stay seperated by the barrier for a couple of days. It's almost like integrating with an older flock, but a lot less complicating because they're chicks.

 

[ncymst]

So I just took them out of the incubator and put a screen between the week old ones and the new ones. I don’t want to take the chance of them getting hurt.

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• ncymst
• May 6, 2019

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[seminolewind]

Great that chick hatched!

 

[aart]

So I just took them out of the incubator and put a screen between the week old ones and the new ones. I don’t want to take the chance of them getting hurt.

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• ncymst
• May 6, 2019

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Good move....might be able to mingle them in a few days or so.