This is my first year with chickens. I've been so lucky and everyone has been healthy and happy and besides having to spray a polish with a few doses of blue-kot I've had no injuries or sickness.
I got three 7 week old chickens yesterday from a local farm and have them in quarantine in a chicken tractor on the far side of our property. We left this afternoon to go to a family reunion and I checked on them before we left. After coming home about 5 hours later two of the 3 chickens have bloody faces. I took a picture of the white one as his/hers is most easily noticeable against the white feathers. Did they get in a fight? Is this some sort of symptom that I should be aware of? The third chicken looks absolutely fine at this time. Since I'm not attached to them at this point I almost wonder if the other injured chicken (not shown) which I belive is a roo should just go ahead and be culled.
If this is a minor scuffle and can be treated I'd like to know how to treat it.
Thoughts, no matter how small, are appreciated as I'm just learning about all of this stuff.
(Sorry for the less than stellar picture. I was holding her and trying to take the picture with a cell.)
I got three 7 week old chickens yesterday from a local farm and have them in quarantine in a chicken tractor on the far side of our property. We left this afternoon to go to a family reunion and I checked on them before we left. After coming home about 5 hours later two of the 3 chickens have bloody faces. I took a picture of the white one as his/hers is most easily noticeable against the white feathers. Did they get in a fight? Is this some sort of symptom that I should be aware of? The third chicken looks absolutely fine at this time. Since I'm not attached to them at this point I almost wonder if the other injured chicken (not shown) which I belive is a roo should just go ahead and be culled.
If this is a minor scuffle and can be treated I'd like to know how to treat it.
Thoughts, no matter how small, are appreciated as I'm just learning about all of this stuff.
(Sorry for the less than stellar picture. I was holding her and trying to take the picture with a cell.)
