Goatm0m
Chirping
I have four 4-wk old chicks in a pen. Momma is back with the flock. I added Wanda who has two 1 wk old chicks this morning. She is a sweet hen.
One of the original four was looking puny and separating hisself so I was planning to take him out today to examine. When I got home for lunch I found him hanging by a thread, most of the skin missing from his head, hiding behind the dust bath. The remaining 3 seem fine but Wanda is definitely bullying them/protecting her chicks.
Will she continue to harass them? Or will it get better now that the possibly sick one is gone?
I really wanted this to be my small flock since Wanda is sweet.
Run is 8 x 12 with attached ~30 x 30 electric poultry fence but I close the run at night to keep them safe while coop is still being built. There are roosts and a nice clean nest within
One of the original four was looking puny and separating hisself so I was planning to take him out today to examine. When I got home for lunch I found him hanging by a thread, most of the skin missing from his head, hiding behind the dust bath. The remaining 3 seem fine but Wanda is definitely bullying them/protecting her chicks.
Will she continue to harass them? Or will it get better now that the possibly sick one is gone?
I really wanted this to be my small flock since Wanda is sweet.
Run is 8 x 12 with attached ~30 x 30 electric poultry fence but I close the run at night to keep them safe while coop is still being built. There are roosts and a nice clean nest within
