Help! My baby was attacked.

[KayHoney]

This is my second season rasing chickens and our chickens are our babies! Everyone always comments when they come over that they have never seen chickens living such a lavish life. So with that said, I am so upset because one of our chickens (a little over a year old) attacked one of our babies while i had them outside with me. Now there is a huge gash on the side of Betty's head. I called our local feed store and they said to just put some hydrogen peroxide and watch it. I kept her and the other babies in their brooder last night and watched them carefully. No one else is picking at her wound. I just wanted advice on taking care of a wound like this, how should I handle introducing the babies into the coop? They had been out there for about two weeks during the day with the big girls and they were doing okay.. there was a little pecking here and there but I was told that was normal. Oh and the babies are 8 weeks. I was told to start putting them outside in the coop while the big girls were out for the day when they were 6 weeks so that's what I had been doing and then yesterday.. I heard a scuffle, I was at the garden bed and ran over and found Betty with this wound.
Please, any advice is greatly appreciated. We just want our babies to be happy and healthy.
Thank you in advance.

 

[azygous]

By this time, your chicks are old enough to fend pretty well for themselves. It would help if you had lots of space and high places where they can get out of harms way fast.

Blue-kote is excellent for treating small wounds that are visible to the other chickens. It will protect the wound from bacteria while disguising it's appearance as a wound. I apply it with a Q-tip so the solution goes where you need it and not all over you and the chicken.

But you might want to read this article where I describe how I handle integration of baby chicks. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/

 

[KayHoney]

By this time, your chicks are old enough to fend pretty well for themselves. It would help if you had lots of space and high places where they can get out of harms way fast.

Blue-kote is excellent for treating small wounds that are visible to the other chickens. It will protect the wound from bacteria while disguising it's appearance as a wound. I apply it with a Q-tip so the solution goes where you need it and not all over you and the chicken.

But you might want to read this article where I describe how I handle integration of baby chicks. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/

Thank you!