If one of the big birds snatched on it's foot............... If it was a slipped tendon, you'd feel it at the joint. There would be a distinct bulge, different from the other side. Chances are though that she got snatched on.
You could try a chick shoe to get it to heal straighter?
Plucky bird would not harm chicks, his or not. He'd go for a peck, and i'd give a whollup. After that, he knew they were "his" to watch! Henry is too young, curious and comes close and scares the poop out of the young ones. No agression that i see, though. Except at night on the roost, he is downright mean if someone gets too close! I think he's still scared in the night in there, i've only had him for a couple months though so it should get better. "blue" the red rooster, is on my *s* list on account of picking on anything littler than him. I do not want to make the call, but in my heart i'm sure that to get through the winter he will have to go.
"maurice" (porcelain d'uccle) is so tiny! He will try for a peck as well, but a good holler scares him straight! He is growing handsome by the day, learning to crow and getting his big boy feathers!
My coop is a good size, but during the winter they don't like to go out and i do not want ANY COMPETITION for the water dish!!!
Has anyone else had a 8 week cockeral that was mean already?? I have one of this batch that i already want to put down
He is downright nasty to his siblings, snatching on their heads and chasing and snatching.
when i go out they are lined up on their perch, no one wants to come down to see me....... after coaxing, i saw him do it and am certain that he's scaring them from coming down. That would leave me only needing to rehome the two pullets, and though i don't like it i know if anyone adopted him he'd likely be put down anyway.
So that leaves me the red roo, and this little one that needs to go, But i will have henry and maurice to keep; the white and blue cockeral from this batch if i keep him.
