My Hero Complex: Chicks With Bloody Tailbones

[Sazz]

Hi All,

Was down at the Agway yesterday and they were OUT of chicks (Darn! Next week a new shipment comes in!) except for 2 little Buckeyes with their tails pecked down to the bone. Just bloody stumps in back. They looked miserable. I DREAMED about them last night. I woke up this morning wondering if I should have taken them.

Is this something a chick can recover from? How would I help these babies?

Should I just cherish my mental and emotional health and buy some healthy chicks when the shipment comes in? (Which I intend on doing anyway.)

Any feedback, insights, or experiences welcome. Thank you fellow chicken fanatics.

---Sazz

 

[wny egger]

well as a new member here and only been raising chickens for a yr .I am prolly not the best person to reply I no I wouldn't want to take on any sick birds..but I no I would be feeling the sameway you do ..I was the kid always bringing home the stray dogs ..

I no how ya feel if you don't take them then who will..without knowing whats wrong with them it would be hard to say weather you could nurse them threw it..
do you think it was just other birds bulling them and biting at their tails or is there injury to the vent area..its really a tough call I would say ..our heart tends to over power our ability to think clear..

i'll be watching to see what others suggest and what you choose to do ..good luck .

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Someone probably pulled their feathers and picked the oil gland, which is located on the tail nub. I would've brought them home in a heart beat!

 

[Sazz]

@wny egger I am pretty sure it was a bullying issue! I could call and ask though and see if they have other symptoms. I also brought home all the stray animals but I was nothing compared to my dad, who was the king of bringing home strays. We got all our animals that way pretty much, except our horses, and now if I could afford horses I would definitely adopt slaughter-bound ones!

@howfunkyisurchicken ha oh no now I am like this close to calling the store.