o.k. I know I am fretting and fussing but it is night one for me to have chicks (7 in all). I got them at a swap from 2 different people and they range from 2 days old to 4 or 5. I was told that they should be o.k. together but I am worried about the 2 youngest (red wyandottes) . One is a little quiet and would like to sleep more except for getting stepped on by the oldest Americauna/leghorn cross. Both of them have the tendency to hunker under the other birds and so get 'shat' upon and then the liveliest of the older birds starts trying to eat the poo off their feathers (and doesn't have very nice table manners what with the tugging at the feathers)
I took a couple out that had poo on them and gently with a warm damp cloth did my best at washing them off. Then I thought the littlest one might be better off separated but when I did so and arranged for her to be warm and right next door she set up a racket of peeping when I left....so I figured this was stressing her out more and so I put her back.
Another note about her, she had a clump of poo that I thought was blocking her vent hole so I said aha! and cleaned that off but ...um what do I know from vent holes (so embarrassed) , it turns out it was lower down but looked a tiny bit bloody....I touched the cloth to it and thought I saw a trace of blood.
o.k. so somebody....I need a reality check, am I just fussing and should stop mauling my poor little chick or should somebody have a time out, like maybe the peevish little pecker Americauna cross should be separated....or should I take the two littlest out. Sheesh! I hope someone has the patience to help me out.
I took a couple out that had poo on them and gently with a warm damp cloth did my best at washing them off. Then I thought the littlest one might be better off separated but when I did so and arranged for her to be warm and right next door she set up a racket of peeping when I left....so I figured this was stressing her out more and so I put her back.
Another note about her, she had a clump of poo that I thought was blocking her vent hole so I said aha! and cleaned that off but ...um what do I know from vent holes (so embarrassed) , it turns out it was lower down but looked a tiny bit bloody....I touched the cloth to it and thought I saw a trace of blood.
o.k. so somebody....I need a reality check, am I just fussing and should stop mauling my poor little chick or should somebody have a time out, like maybe the peevish little pecker Americauna cross should be separated....or should I take the two littlest out. Sheesh! I hope someone has the patience to help me out.