Newly hatched today baby bantam, with head injury do to pecking please help.

[jadedcupcake]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

I joined this site just so I can ask about my poor little chick. My boyfriend's Dad had some baby Bannie chicks hatch this morning, when we went to see them, one had gotten out and looks like it was pecked pretty bad on both sides of it's head. I being the total animal lover I am, took her home. I have her under a heat lamp nice and warm. She seems to be peeping okay, I had her drink some water and she did so okay. I cleaned up her wounds the best I could with some warm water and a q-tip, I applied some plain neosporin to her. She is keeping her eyes closed but she is responding to me. So I want to help her, what are some things I can do to help heal her? Her wounds are pretty deep, but they appear to be healable. I myself have 2, 4 month old hens I raised by hand, and 2 3 week old bannie chicks. All of our chickens are pets (not for food, except eggs), and i'm pretty new to the chicken world. I really just want to help this little one heal. It broke my heart today seeing her this way.

Any advice would be wonderful, I want to see her make it. (I'm going to keep calling her a her for hopeful thinking that she is a hen)

Thank you!

 

[silkiechicken]

Sounds like you are doing all you can do. Keep wound clean, chick warm, and encourage eating/drinking. Hoping for the best!

 

[cstronks]

You are doing a good job. My only advice would be to clean the wound frequently, and keep it covered to prevent infection. Remove the covering at night so that it can breathe, or attach it very gently. Pecking is an unfortunate issue that happens every so often, and immediately after the birds can look VERY injured, but some TLC and special attention nearly always work! You did a great thing by caring for the bird. Within a few weeks the bird should be able to rejoin the other chicks.