We've been having picking problems with our new chicks. Thought we had everything calmed down and went to work.
When I got home it was horrible. About 2/3 of our chicks are bloody but one baby roo in particular has been picked clean from his throat all the way down one side of his body and wing. He probably is 1/3 picked clean and is bloody where they also got his skin.
He was shaking and in shock and I was able to get him out of that state, fed him some egg, gave him some water and gave him a hospital bin.
Normally I would wash the wounds, apply bacitricin and then blu-kote. But his injury is so extensive I"m not sure what to do.
If I just put bacitricin on him the shavings will stick to him and it seems like covering him with that much blu-kote might be too much for a 3 week old.
Any idea? I have to get him settled and get some sleep myself.
When I got home it was horrible. About 2/3 of our chicks are bloody but one baby roo in particular has been picked clean from his throat all the way down one side of his body and wing. He probably is 1/3 picked clean and is bloody where they also got his skin.

He was shaking and in shock and I was able to get him out of that state, fed him some egg, gave him some water and gave him a hospital bin.
Normally I would wash the wounds, apply bacitricin and then blu-kote. But his injury is so extensive I"m not sure what to do.
If I just put bacitricin on him the shavings will stick to him and it seems like covering him with that much blu-kote might be too much for a 3 week old.
Any idea? I have to get him settled and get some sleep myself.