HELP! PLEASE RESPOND!

[love2grinchicke]

I noticed that you posted on my other chick thread, and I have put that guy in with the picked one. They are cuddled up together, sleeping. No picking going on, and all is quiet.

 

[CMV]

Perfect. Just keep an eye on them. How is the other guy doing? Did you just rattle his cage a bit in the fall?

 

[love2grinchicke]

I don't know. They've been sleeping.

 

[love2grinchicke]

the other chick died, and I'm hoping that this one won't follow him.

 

[CMV]

I am sorry about the other bird. I responded to your other post in the other post.

This chick is not likely to die from a little picking. He is just going to need to get healed up in short order so he can be re-integrated into the flock. I might try to rotate a few quiet, gentle chicks in with him periodically to keep him company. You need to be watching when you do this to ensure that they don't start picking again, but it may be helpful. In a day or two (when the wound scabs over), I would put some Blukote on the wound and surrounding feathers and try to re-integrate the chick. The trick is going to be to hide the wound so the others don't keep picking at it. Chicks are very observant, more so I think than adults. You are going to need to disguise the wound and make it not stand out. His coloring should make this easy as he is dark. A little painting of Blukote should do the trick, but Blukote is very drying due to its alcohol content. A fresh wound doesn't heal nearly as rapidly when shot with Blukote immediately. That is why I like to wait until a natural scab is formed before hitting them with it. Some people may disagree with me and tell you to use the Blukote immediately, and get the bird back in with the flock. I like to be a little conservative when treating wounds on chicks, though. They are so delicate.

 

[CMV]

How is he doing?