Emergency 🚨

[B_Chickle01]

I’m not sure if this is posted under the correct topic I apologize if its not. With that being said..So it was on my Fb BYC group that I heard about(for the first time) a couple days ago of a chick dying from strangulation from mama hens feathers! I just lost my first chick to this! I know that was the cause bc I just unwrapped the feather from around its neck but its too late.

So my question is… how can I prevent this from happening to the other two chicks?! We only have two chicks now please someone help me! Im so paranoid of it happening to the only other 2 we have left.

 

[nuthatched]

Sorry for your loss. I don't think there's anyway to prevent it.

 

[Saveria]

I've never heard of that happening. I'll bet your other two will be fine, I can't imagine it is that common of an occurrence.

 

[Prince and Pavo]

I’m so sorry about your chick

What breed is the mother hen? Does she have particularly long or thin feathers that can easily get wrapped around a chick?

I don’t think it’s very likely that it will happen again (if there’s nothing abnormal about the mom), but you could always collect and raise the chicks yourself… just an idea