Help! Came Home to Bloody Chick in Brooder

sarastamand

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Jan 25, 2019
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This afternoon I came home to 2 of my baby chicks struggling for life. One's head is all bloody, I'm assuming it got pecked to death. The other does not appear to have any open wounds, but she just keeps falling over backwards. What happened? What is wrong with them? Can I save the one who keeps falling over? Again, nothing APPEARS wounded. I pushed the fuzz around her head to make sure I didn't miss anything.
 
Can you share more about your brooder set up? Size, heat type, and temperature, how many chicks, breeds of chicks including the two pecked? Age of chicks?

Generally crowding, boredom, or too hot of a brooder can lead to aggression.
 

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