if anyone read my other posts, i just got 5 new chicks yesterday who are suppose to be around 4.5 months old. they are kind of small though, but i have no reason to doubt the gal who sold them to me. she owns the local feed store and i've seen her set-up and she appears to have amazingly beautiful living conditions for her animals..haha but i digress...anyway, one of the newbies - a leghorn - got out yesterday and spent the night outside as we couldn't catch her. we got her today and thought all was well until i just went out there and caught her jersey giant friends that she came with, pecking the living $%#! out of her head. she has a huge wound on her head now but appears alright otherwise. i put her in a large dog carrier and brought her in the house. she looks like she was scalped to be honest..
what can i do? she has fresh food and water...is in the cool house and in a carrier that is big enough for a med-large dog. i thought my bigger chickens would peck the newbies, but i never suspected the newbies of pecking each other. it's like they were mad at her for breaking free!
she is very flighty and not into being held, so i am not sure if i can hold her long enough to put anything on her....
will she be okay? i don't even think i can get a good picture of it...poor little gal..

what can i do? she has fresh food and water...is in the cool house and in a carrier that is big enough for a med-large dog. i thought my bigger chickens would peck the newbies, but i never suspected the newbies of pecking each other. it's like they were mad at her for breaking free!
she is very flighty and not into being held, so i am not sure if i can hold her long enough to put anything on her....

