- Mar 24, 2014
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Hi all! Honestly, I do not know what I would do without BYC! I've been a member and chicken keeper for about a year, but this is my first post. We gave our broody BO four 2-week-old chicks about a week and a half ago. They are all with my other 2 adult hens in the coop/run. Agnes accepted them all, and is a good mama, and the coop has been peaceful overall, or so I thought. Yesterday I noticed a few spots of blood in the coop and did a careful examination of everyone. I found one chick with a wound on her vent and missing tail feathers. I cleaned the site and applied some blu cote but I'm trying to decide if I need to remove her, and if she will be accepted back into her little family if I do. She is packing at the site herself, too. Is there any way to relieve her pain (I'm guessing that's why she is pecking at it)? Will mama take her back if I remove her to heal, or will I have to brood her out and introduce her when she is bigger? Tips and advice pretty please!
and Welcome To BYC! Do you know who was doing the picking? If it is the other chicks doing it would separate her totally, if you don't know I would try to keep her with the other chicks/ mom, (If you keep her away from mom more than a couple of days you may have problems reintroducing her) and away from the bigger birds with the assumption it was probably somebody out side the "family"... but keep a really close eye on them in case it is the other chicks/mom. With Blu-Cote on it she should stop picking on it herself pretty soon, you might want to try and keep her/them in a darker area to keep them quieter and calmer for a day or two.
