Feather pecking

[TawnberryVII]

I have 2 white crested black polish bantam chicks, and 4 green Queen bantams. All of which are about 4 weeks old. The 2 polish are getting their head feathers in and in the process their pink flesh was showing through on their head. They both got pecked to heck and back, one worse than the other. I isolated them for healing and they’re both recovered but still waiting for the feathers to come in more until they fully cover their skin to avoid continued pecking. I feel bad having them individually separated in the mean time, they seem off being alone. Is there anything I can do to at least bring those together for the time being, without them pecking each other?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Generally polish don't peck at each others crests. You may need to keep them separated from the others long term. Have you tried putting them together?

 

[TawnberryVII]

Generally polish don't peck at each others crests. You may need to keep them separated from the others long term. Have you tried putting them together?

I have not put the 2 polish back together yet, but have been wanting to. I just didn’t know if they would do it to themselves or if the aggressor was one of the others.

 

[Eggcessive]

I wouldn’t leave them out of the flock for too long because they could be bullied more. I always used BluKote spray on their heads when they started they get picked feathers, and used it every other day until they were coversd. Warning: this can happen again, and keep watch for it starting, and use the BluKote quickly and it usually won’t escalate. It wears off in a couple of weeks once feathers grow back. My 2 girls could go 6-8 months without pecking, and then one would get pecked again. Later on they would pick on the other a few months later. This started as they were little ones, and it would happen every now and then. TSC sells it and here is a link for it at Chewies:
https://www.chewy.com/dr-naylor-blu...MIrNrc6sKHjQMVi29HAR1LOjN8EAQYASABEgL5RfD_BwE