Week old chick injury

[Chickenheadmate]

Not sure what happened, but this is the smallest chick and one of the two mommas seems to bully him/her.
Could it be a pecking wound?
I saw a little bit of what seemed like coagulated blood spot. What can I do to help this chick?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Not sure what happened, but this is the smallest chick and one of the two mommas seems to bully him/her.
Could it be a pecking wound?
I saw a little bit of what seemed like coagulated blood spot. What can I do to help this chick?

It could be from pecking.

I'd clean the areas with saline or chlorhexidine, then apply triple antibiotic ointment.

Do you have 2 broody hens with chicks in the same area?

 

[Chickenheadmate]

It could be from pecking.

I'd clean the areas with saline or chlorhexidine, then apply triple antibiotic ointment.

Do you have 2 broody hens with chicks in the same area?

Yes. They are good with all of the chicks, but I notice this one hiding from one of them since she picks on it

 

[Eggcessive]

In my experience, I have had to separate broodies, since one may stop caring for chickens or start to hurt the others. How many chicks in all are there?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes. They are good with all of the chicks, but I notice this one hiding from one of them since she picks on it

this is the smallest chick and one of the two mommas seems to bully him/her.

Doesn't sound like they are good with all the chicks.

I'd separate broodies with chicks. I've found that's best until chicks are about 3-4 weeks of age, then broodies are a bit more relaxed about letting other chicks and Mamas around one another.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

In my experience, I have had to separate broodies, since one may stop caring for chickens or start to hurt the others. How many chicks in all are there?

Total of 8. They don’t particularly follow one specific one, they kind of follow both around.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Well, I came home today, chick didn’t have a head anymore.
do you think it’s possibly ants ate it off in a day?
Also, this one chick was actually the one that was all black, mostly, and by far the smallest.
Other were black and white, or mostly yellow. Almost like this one didn’t fit in as far as looks go. Could this have been a trigger?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry about the chick.

No, I don't think ants would have done that. Do you have rats or other small predators?

 

[Chickenheadmate]

I'm sorry about the chick.

No, I don't think ants would have done that. Do you have rats or other small predators?

No rats. I only have a few hens and I hardly every leave feed out. Predators are always a possibility.
Do you think maybe hens pecked it off once it died?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't know if they would have or not, hens will pick at a lot of things but a head would be hard to detach from the body.