Mailed chick with blood "spot" on beak

[hangin'witthepeeps]

I ordered 25 chicks and they arrived safely. One of the polish has a tiny blood spot on its beak in between the nostrils. I cleaned it and put a little neosporin on it. The other chicks will come up to it and peck it on the spot. I will assume its a shipping injury. What else can I do for the chick (Dotty) to help it along. Do I need to separate it from the others?

 

[ShaggysGirl]

If you have blue kote put that in the red spot. In not try some genital violet. Chicks will peck at any thing red they see. Also you can try a red bulb in their brooder so that they can't see the red spot so well.
**Note Genital violet and blue kote both will stain so be careful

 

[purpletree23]

Keep her separate if you can. I know it's hard because they are in a brooder but the others could easily peck her to death.

 

[FluffySilkie]

How’s the chick? My chick looks the same... hatched with it!

 

[Isaac 0]

How’s the chick? My chick looks the same... hatched with it!

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Unfortunately, the member you are responding to hasn't been active for six years. If you're looking for help, your best bet would be starting your own thread. If you're seeing simply a blood spot on the top beak, it's possible the chick scratched the keratin coating surrounding the beak during zipping process.

 

[Dephora]

If you have blue kote put that in the red spot. In not try some genital violet. Chicks will peck at any thing red they see. Also you can try a red bulb in their brooder so that they can't see the red spot so well.
**Note Genital violet and blue kote both will stain so be careful

hehe I think it is Gentian violet
❤

 

[Dephora]

Unfortunately, the member you are responding to hasn't been active for six years. If you're looking for help, your best bet would be starting your own thread. If you're seeing simply a blood spot on the top beak, it's possible the chick scratched the keratin coating surrounding the beak during zipping process.

I should really check before responding to a thread resurrected by another. Zombie threads always seem the most interesting.