Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Farmgirl283420]

I was playing with the chicks and long story short I saw blood my 2 week old silkie was pecking her own foot to the point of blood!!! I’m raising my chicks in the pole barn it’s sorta chilly so I brought her inside in her brooder there are three more silkies they all love pecking toes I’m afraid to put her in please help!!! Would a pic help?

 

[A Justice]

When my chickens were young some of them would peck their feet, or other chickens feet, because (I assume) they look similar to the mealworms I was feeding them. They got over it pretty quickly though. If it's just a small cut, I would sterilize it and not worry too much. I also noticed that they messed with each other a little bit less when there was food always available.

My birds free range, and they have nicks and scrapes all the time, even dripping blood, but it's never caused an actual problem. Chickens are pretty tough animals. Styptic powder is great for injuries that won't stop bleeding. A hawk tried to fly off with one of my girls and her comb got scratched, she kept shaking her head and flinging blood around to try to get it out of her eyes, but a pinch of styptic powder and it immediately stopped bleeding.

If they're pecking each other and causing injuries, separating them for a little bit might not be the worst idea.