Lonely chick

[jus10inla]

It ran in with the bigger burds. U went inside.. sounds like they bullied her and killed her.

 

[CKfarm22]

In my experience, if there is a large difference in ages, the solo bird may not fit in. I really think it's best to get another bird if you can.

The older ones aren’t even 1 year

 

[Aunt Angus]

The older ones aren’t even 1 year

That may not be too much of an age difference, then. Mine was a difference of 8 months. And some folks say they've not had an issue with a lone chick. I hope it works out for you!

 

[CKfarm22]

That may not be too much of an age difference, then. Mine was a difference of 8 months. And some folks say they've not had an issue with a lone chick. I hope it works out for you!

Me too i’m just really worried and sad right now

 

[jus10inla]

Ive seen 7 month olds kill a 5 month old. Have u ruled that out yet ?

 

[CKfarm22]

Ive seen 7 month olds kill a 5 month old. Have u ruled that out yet ?

I have not only because i have no clue what happened.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Me too i’m just really worried and sad right now

Just make sure that once you begin integration, you do as much supervising as you can in the beginning, to see how the older ones take to the younger one.

Having a lot of space and clutter to work with will help, so the younger bird can get away and hide if needed, as does having at least 2 feeders spread out to avoid conflicts over food.

 

[jus10inla]

I have not only because i have no clue what happened.

Without getting any other info, im going with that. Left it unsupervised with nowhere to hide.

 

[Let There Be Light]

In February we got two bantam chicks for my bantam rooster Toots (he's my profile picture!) before the winter storm hit. Well once it hit we lost electricity and it killed one of the two babies. The survivor was named Lucky, who is now a very sweet hen! She was lonely so we gave her a teddy bear, which she hid under all the time. Finally after recovering from the storm we got her some friends and she didn't hide under the teddy bear anymore.

Edit: So sorry about your other chick!

 

[CKfarm22]

Without getting any other info, im going with that. Left it unsupervised with nowhere to hide.

Ok