Young chick with head sores

[Tiffy316]

I have a small 2 month old chick, who's leg us slowed bc of her crooked leg. I have been keeping her with her sisters, they're all the same age, but they've really outgrown her. She's much smaller than them, and needs help to get food and water.

But that's not the issue. When I went out to feed them tonight, I noticed some blood on the right side of her head. I was a bit worried, so I checked the other side and found a large red sore. I decided to bring her inside to doctor her. I applied some Neosporin to her sores, and gave her some food. She was willing to eat after I applied it.

I put her in a large plastic dog crate with a piece of folded fleece for her to sit on for the night, but now I'm debating whether I should separate her from her sisters or not. As I said before, even though they are the same age, she's much smaller than them. I'm thinking about just separating her until her sores heal, but I might have to separate her permanently.

I'm worried about her getting hurt again, since she's so much smaller than them, but I don't like the idea of separating her. So I guess I would like to know of I should separate her, and possibly get some tips for doctoring her sores. I'll try to get some pics of her sores later on, but for now I'll lost some pics to show the size difference. Thanks.

 

[Freeloading slacker]

If it were me I would separate her but still make it so that they can see and hear each other, also are you sure she's not a bantam?

 

[Tiffy316]

She's a Wyandotte.

 

[Freeloading slacker]

Are you sure it's not a Wyandotte bantam?

 

[Tiffy316]

I don't know how I would separate her and make it so that they can see each other. I keep them in a plywood chick box with 2 sections. The plywood section with food, water, and heat lamp. And the other section is a box that's made out of orange grate, some kind if wire, and a lid on top. There's a small opening in the plywood for the chicks to go to the grate section on hot days. The grate section doesn't have a heat light.

So as you can see, I'm not exactly sure how I would separate them so they could see and hear each other.

Should I just separate her till her sores heal, or do something more permanent bc she's so much smaller than them?

And just to be clear, she's not a bantam. She's a Wyandotte chicken. Her growth is just slowed bc she's got a deformed leg. Its always been like that. But that's not the issue.

 

[Freeloading slacker]

You should do something temporary since chickens are social creatures and need friends

 

[Tiffy316]

Here's a good pic of her. I've already been through all these questions in a different post. Look for o,e called "chick with crooked leg" or something like that. I'm not sure how to attach a link here.

 

[Tiffy316]

I still don't see how I would separate her so that they can see and hear each other. What should I do if I try to put her back while her sores are healing?

 

[Freeloading slacker]

Well how bad are the sores?

 

[Tiffy316]

They actually look much better since I doctored her. They were bright red when I found her, the blood had already dried, and she was acting lethargic. She has sores on both sides of her head. I think it happened while I was out yesterday. There was a lot more red at the time.