Sadly I just went out and found one of the meaties passed away. It was all quite sudden. And the Salmon Faverolle seems to go from her bum being targeted by one or two, to bring snuggled on and warmed up lovingly by a few meaties.
I am wondering if I should separate her with a hardware cloth "wall" until she strengthens up and stops having as many bum issues. Any advice? She doesn't run away when they pick on her, so that concerns me. We have to leave to an appointment but afterwards I will give her a drop of nutri drench and possibly separate her and give her the MHP to herself for a few days?? I can trim the hardware cloth to have a passthrough so that a corner of the feeder and waterer are accessible by her.
Or I could keep her alone under the heat lamp with a stuffed animal to make it easier to check on her even during the night??
I received a mixed flock containing 5 Old English game birds. They were very tiny and I lost three of them before separating out all bantams under a heat lamp. I was using a hot pad "broody" warmer, I think it just wasn't warm enough and there was too much stress for them to thrive. I didn't lose any once I had them separated.I have them in a separate box with it's own light.