Scalped baby chick!

[littleladyslipper]

I love that this is looking to be moving towards a hopefully bright future for little Baldy! Love the little underdogs

 

[mobius]

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

They do seem to be doing very well.
I wanted to add that sugar can be used on wounds. I had a hen with a wound I just plain didn't know what to do with. I heard about sugar, did a little research and went for it. It worked miracles for me so I like to share my story if it will help anyone else.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yikes-large-wound-on-hen.1141144/

 

[mobius]

@FlyingNunFarm rocks! seriously! I have put my first aid kit together based on her good results!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

@FlyingNunFarm rocks! seriously! I have put my first aid kit together based on her good results!

Thank You so much! Sugar was sooo far out there when I stumbled upon it, once I had such good results I have to share.

 

[mobius]

What breed of chicken is that in the video chasing the baby for food? She gorgeous! I want her!!

 

[shanadienne]

What breed of chicken is that in the video chasing the baby for food? She gorgeous! I want her!!

The black one, Pidgy, is one-quarter Silkie, one-quarter Booted Bantam, one-quarter Japanese, and one-quarter Easter Egger. The buff one is her daughter, via one of Pidgy's brothers so I guess she's technically the same thing.
Basically, you'd want to cross a black-tailed buff Japanese with some coordinating color of bearded silkie and cross those ones until you got the dark skin out.

Anyway, minor update, Skullkid (named after the character in Majora's Mask) is doing pretty well but I think somebody helped remove the last bit of his scab yesterday.

I put more blu-kote on it and he's still running around being cute! I'm glad he has his ear feathers.

 

[shanadienne]

Edit: Well, within a few minutes of my last post, one of his brothers decided he didn't like Skullkid's dye job and he attacked. I'm probably gonna have to raise him inside after all... I don't know, maybe I'll figure something else out.

 

[mobius]

It may not take too muchlonger til chick is bigger...and heals up nicely...

That buff hen is so pretty, had no idea there was so much interbreeding, lol! Thanks for the explanation, she certainly is unique!

 

[shanadienne]

Thank you! She's not a fan of humans (the result of four generations of hens raising their own chicks) but Grelka is one of my favorites.

My current solution for Skullkid is risky but I think it will work: I put him and Pidgy in the main pen with the rest of the flock. Pidgy is high up on the pecking order and can keep him safe, meanwhile Grelka will continue to tend to the other twelve chicks outside the pen. I'll see how it goes in the morning, and try one of my other options if the little guy isn't safe.