BrambleBerry
Chirping
I have a four(ish)-week-old mixed flock of 12 chicks.
I have 2 silkies, 1 old English bantam, 2 Brahmas, 1 buff Orpington, 1 Rhode island red, 1 barred rock, 1 australorp, 1 black sex link, 1 easter egger, and 1 speckled Sussex.
The smallest of our chicks, which we think is a Bantam old English Game named Fawks, has for over a week been just walking around pecking at the feathers of all the other chicks. The other chicks just seem to just ignore her entirely and don't even move away from her when she pecks them. Today I noticed blood on Fawks' beak and upon further inspection saw that one of my Brahmas, Amalia, had blood all down the back of her and was missing most of the new feathers on her back above her tailfeathers. Fawks started pecking at her again while I was watching, and Amalia just sat there and ignored her. None of the other chicks are pecking each other.
I'm new to chickens. What can I, should I do?
I have 2 silkies, 1 old English bantam, 2 Brahmas, 1 buff Orpington, 1 Rhode island red, 1 barred rock, 1 australorp, 1 black sex link, 1 easter egger, and 1 speckled Sussex.
The smallest of our chicks, which we think is a Bantam old English Game named Fawks, has for over a week been just walking around pecking at the feathers of all the other chicks. The other chicks just seem to just ignore her entirely and don't even move away from her when she pecks them. Today I noticed blood on Fawks' beak and upon further inspection saw that one of my Brahmas, Amalia, had blood all down the back of her and was missing most of the new feathers on her back above her tailfeathers. Fawks started pecking at her again while I was watching, and Amalia just sat there and ignored her. None of the other chicks are pecking each other.
I'm new to chickens. What can I, should I do?