What do I need to do a baby chick when her feathers have been pecked?

[AccidentalFarmGal]

Help me please. I am not sure what I need to do the wound where my 2 week old chick has had her feathers pecked off. I have separated her from the other chicks, but do I need clean the wound? And if I need to clean the wound so I just use soap and warm water? Do I need to put anything on it to keep infection away? When should I reintroduce her brooder buddies?

 

[paddock36]

I have a polish chick that for some reason the others were pecking it's tailfeathers and by the time I saw what was going on the poor thing was bleeding. I cleaned it and put BlueKote on the wound. If there is any blood showing the others will pick at it.

 

[bantybev]

If there is bleeding it needs to be well cleaned. An antibiotic ointment would be a good idea, too.(without pain relief in it, please) Can you put a partition, like a screen between the hurt one and the others for a few days. It will get lonely by itself and may cry. If not, a box inside the brooder will work with a small stuffed animal or feather duster(clean, of course) and a mirror.

 

[AccidentalFarmGal]

Thank you for all the help. I have bluekote that is what we use on our sheep when they have small wounds. I was not sure if it was safe to use on baby chickens. I was worried about it getting lonely. Thanks for the advice!

 

[paddock36]

After I put the blue kote on mine I put it back with the others and there has been no problems at all. I kept an extra eye for a while to make sure, but it's been fine.