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We love that little guy! He took care of each of the injured chicks. We weren.t sure if he was a hen or a roo until we found him fighting with a trouble maker. He still takes care of the hurt chicks. He loves human attention.
 
Good evening to all on B Y C! I thought I would let you know that the injured chick seems to be doing fine in spite of being scalped. She's eating, drinking, and trying to escape from her confinement. Farm child 2 can't believe she is still alive. We all flinch when we look at her. Farm child 3 wants to know if she will look like a bald eagle when she grows up? I'm not sure she will survive this. The feathers, skin, and flesh below the skin on the back half of the skull is completely removed. Does anyone know the answer to our son's question?
The trouble maker bird is still confined to his personal cage. His brooder mates seem to stay on the opposite side of the pen. We don't have the equipment to either de-beak or castrate him. After the severity of the last attack, we will not let him out of his cage. Also, farm child 5 put permanent marker on his wings so we can identify him easily if he does get out.
 
The baby chick died. It was either too young or too injured to survive. B Y C was great with several posts on other threads that helped us understand the situation.
We are getting another brooder today. The chicks are growing so fast that we don't want them to be crowded. We plan on separating the males in one while dividing the females into the other two.
We clipped the flight feathers off our birds. Too many of them were flying around the garage. We were concerned that they would get out. Farm Mom didn't like doing that because their wings were so lovely! We composted the clipped feathers.
 

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