I swear, every time I go check on the 4 bantam chicks, they are pecking at each other's toes! Why?
Mar 5, 2011 #1 Justanother Brooke Songster 8 Years Jan 29, 2011 246 2 101 Goldendale, WA I swear, every time I go check on the 4 bantam chicks, they are pecking at each other's toes! Why?
Mar 5, 2011 #2 scbatz33 No Vacancy, Belfry Full 11 Years Jan 23, 2009 7,000 31 251 South GA because they think it's food. Like a bug or worms. Chickens are silly. Little bird brains!
Mar 5, 2011 Thread starter #3 Justanother Brooke Songster 8 Years Jan 29, 2011 246 2 101 Goldendale, WA Ha ha, silly chickens! I've noticed they really go after the D'uccle, maybe it's the feathers?
Mar 5, 2011 #4 gryeyes Covered in Pet Hair & Feathers 10 Years Sep 22, 2009 15,506 452 358 My slice of heaven in Somerset, CA Because they're there. Chicks have no way to check things out without pecking at 'em. No hands, no fingers. They ARE intensely curious.
Because they're there. Chicks have no way to check things out without pecking at 'em. No hands, no fingers. They ARE intensely curious.
Mar 5, 2011 #5 wbruder17 Songster 9 Years Jun 7, 2010 1,661 19 153 Portland, OR Yup. They look like meal worms.
Mar 5, 2011 #6 RedReiner Songster 9 Years Nov 7, 2010 1,431 33 168 Monroe, Wa Quote: I was going to say the same thing lol they do look like meal worms! I took some out to my momma and her chicks...they do go nuts over those.
Quote: I was going to say the same thing lol they do look like meal worms! I took some out to my momma and her chicks...they do go nuts over those.
Mar 5, 2011 #7 Yay Chicks! Songster 9 Years Apr 15, 2010 3,784 75 213 Forest Grove, OR If you don't have it already, a RED heat lamp sometimes prevents them pecking at each other.
Mar 5, 2011 #8 wbruder17 Songster 9 Years Jun 7, 2010 1,661 19 153 Portland, OR Mine still try with a red light, but quickly grow bored when the chickie being pecked chirps and runs away.
Mine still try with a red light, but quickly grow bored when the chickie being pecked chirps and runs away.