Hot in the coop?

[thepick4uchicks]

That's so sad. I would be devastated. But then I think they all have different personalities. For now I think you should keep your distance from her. Maybe she'll forget the behavior eventually and be ok.

The day I picked my 4 chicks at 3 days old from Tractor Supply, one of them (I named her Coco) started pecking at the other three as soon as we got in the car. They were literally the size of my finger. My son was holding the tiny box they were in. Coco would not stop. This being my first time getting chicks I almost wanted to take her back. I called the store from the road and asked. The lady who'd helped me had left.

When we got home I still saw her pecking. She developed pasty butt a couple of days later. I cleaned it up. It went away after a couple of days. Now they are 10 weeks old. I have noticed Coco still pecking at the other two (one got killed by a hawk 2 weeks ago). Last night I saw her peck near the eye of Cinnamon. I hope they don't get injured by her pecking. Coco does not like being picked up either.

Sometimes you can have a dangerously aggressive chick. If she keeps hurting one of them to the point of causing a serious injury you in the future might have to cull her and that won’t be fun. I hate to see that. But it does happen. Sorry about that.