that's so sad, chicks will peck at wounded or injured chicks, out of curiosity or to remove a potential weakness. The overall safety of the other chicks is important though so maybe you could buy some slightly older chicks or some chicks of another breed that are bigger than the black silkie chick so that he can have some friends yet not be able to bully them.
I don’t know, I may just keep him separate until the other heals. Hopefully that will fix it, but if he gets aggressive again, he will be given to someone who can deal with him better than I can. I will let him and the one he is not bulling out togeather while I comfort the injured chick. They will be isolated mostly at night and days I can’t spend too much time with them. But for now the health of the other chicks are more important.
Help.. theres only one left now! What happened?! They’re are also missing their organs, The injured one and the black one are dead, only the other partridge is left. It couldn’t have been a rat as the one is still alive, so what killed them?! And what should I do to protect the last chick?! The last chick couldn’t have done this, he/she was bonded to the others!
It does, but theres only one hiding spot I made for them. And the rat could easily get in. Should I move the toat, that way it does not come back? I can also replace the top with a better one.
Ive just never had an issue with rats, as they never bothered the chickens, allways whent for the feed, not the chicks. This is a first.
