Dying chick

[WalkingNorth]

Just wanted to put this out there

Set up the brooder terrarium next to the adult terrarium a couple of days ago. Today we moved a second female into the adult terrarium (2 females total) and they started fighting. Apparently the chicks observed this and thought it might be fun. Now I have one chick isolated and dying

Put up a divider between the terrariums and separated the hens. The chicks pretty much instantly stopped picking on eachother and snuggled up into a pile of fuzzy sleep

Hard lesson learned. Poor little guy survived a backwards hatch and was the smallest. Never thought seeing the hens squabble would get the babies squabbling.

 

[TwoCrows]

I am glad the little guy survived. Boy, he has had a tough life. But sometimes these little ones grow up to be the flock leaders and meaner than a junk yard dog! He may teach them all a lesson when he grows up. LOL

Keep the injured chick that is dying in it's own space and you might want to raise the temp a few degrees for him. Injured birds can go into shock easily. (they get very cold)

Great that you were able to restore the peace.