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krchmnd10

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Hello I'm new here and new at raising chickens. A few ?'s to start with. How do I change my profile picture? And I have a white crested black Polish chick that is barely a day out of the egg. My Rhode island hens seem to be trying to kill it. Can I put it in a separate place until it gets bigger??
 
Unless your RIR hen hatched it this is a normal response. Yes move it now before it is dead. You should have it in a brooder for the first six weeks until it has feathered out. I still would not put it in a coop by itself with a full sized hen. Until it is large enough to defend itself it isn't a good idea to put those two together. Also chicks raised by themselves die more often. Chickens are social animals. Can you get this lone chick a friend? Good luck.
 
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If you can make an area inside of the coop where they can see each other, but not get to each other that works well. That way they get use to the idea of the other chicken with out being able to kill the other chicken.
 
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There are some articles in the Learning Center on raising chicks, introducing new chickens to the flock etc. You will be able to do things like change your profile pic, create a signature etc as you participate and your post count goes up. There are some how-to's in this FAQ section as well. Enjoy the site!
 
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Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! You've gotten some good advice above, unless the hen hatched the chick, they need to be kept separate and the chick needs to be in a brooder so it is warm enough etc here is a nice article on raising chicks and what you need to do so far as a brooder etc goes www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-raise-baby-chicks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens you should also have more than one chick.
Polish chickens in general often can not be in mixed flocks, and RIR are often bullies, so you may never be able to keep those two chickens together even after the chick is grown.
You might like to check out the BYC Learning Center, lots of good articles on all aspects of chicken keeping. https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center
 

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