I put a warning just in case.
But we have got 2 chicks that have winded up blood with sores on either side of it's head and their eyes matted shut with blood. I thought maybe the 1st chick that happened was a fluke and someone stepped on it. We lost it.
Well, we have another chick like that. Now I am really worried. Mom is a Black Australorp. She has 4 healthy babies so far, she had 14 eggs. She is very aggressive with protecting the babies. I found the baby near her, with the wounds. The first one I am not sure, since my mother found it. But the second one has his eyes cracked open and is very noisy. Could she be the cause of the problem? Or could one of the others in the coop be the culprit?
I can get pictures if needed.
Here is what is in the coop:
2 White Broilers/Cornish Rocks *Rooster and Hen*
1 Black Australorp *Mom*
2 Star Sex Links *Red and Black* *Hens*
1 New Hampshire Red *Hen*
1 Brown Leghorn *Hen*
1 White Leghorn *Hen*
1 Pekin *Drake*
2 Cayugas *Hens*
2 Mallards *Drake and Hen*
But we have got 2 chicks that have winded up blood with sores on either side of it's head and their eyes matted shut with blood. I thought maybe the 1st chick that happened was a fluke and someone stepped on it. We lost it.
Well, we have another chick like that. Now I am really worried. Mom is a Black Australorp. She has 4 healthy babies so far, she had 14 eggs. She is very aggressive with protecting the babies. I found the baby near her, with the wounds. The first one I am not sure, since my mother found it. But the second one has his eyes cracked open and is very noisy. Could she be the cause of the problem? Or could one of the others in the coop be the culprit?
I can get pictures if needed.
Here is what is in the coop:
2 White Broilers/Cornish Rocks *Rooster and Hen*
1 Black Australorp *Mom*
2 Star Sex Links *Red and Black* *Hens*
1 New Hampshire Red *Hen*
1 Brown Leghorn *Hen*
1 White Leghorn *Hen*
1 Pekin *Drake*
2 Cayugas *Hens*
2 Mallards *Drake and Hen*