Give them more room and something else to do. Something to hide behind, jump up on, etc. I have way too many right now because when I ordered 34 chicks they threw in another unwanted 20 more! This morning I go out to find that THEY ATE one of the expensive ones I ordered!

An interesting thing about chickens is that they will kill and eat the smaller and less aggressive ones in the flock. Also if you have an established flock and put young chicks in with the adults, they will usually only live about 4 hours before all of them are killed and/or eaten.

Once your flock is established the only safe way to have chicks is if they have a mother hen to protect them from the rest of the flock. A good mother hen will drive everyone else away from her babies. She will also make sure that her babies get food. Adults will not let orphans eat or drink.
Cheryl

i agree with cheri-belle ,they need more room .
whenever i get chicks/chickens that get picked
i put some vicks -44d on the picked area
it hasnt ever failed to deter the picking .
Zeke

How big of a place do they need, this is already 8 by 6 feet and they are just three tiny chicks L i will definetly try that vicks vapor rub thingy though. thanks all

CI

I agree, they need more room and a distraction. A large, grassy dirt clod provides hours of fun, food and entertainment, as does slow-to-eat things like raw corn of the cob or a cabbage to peck at(you may have to score the corn and cabbage at first so they get the idea that this is something to eat). Live mealworms from the pet store are also great and very good for them. Plus it's entertaining to watch them run around like mad things chasing the one chick with a worm. :)

cheribelle, for that hatchery to send you 20 extra chicks was downright irresponsible--most people plan ahead and if they order 25 chicks, that means they only have room to RUN 25 chicks! One or two extras is OK, but 20 is downright wrong. :( Good for you for doing your best to accomodate those babies.

Velvet ~:>

Velvet you're not kidding! This is way out of hand, the only ones I have lost have been the expensive ones I ordered thanks to the overcrowding! It's way out of hand, and I don't know if these roosters will get big and nice to butcher or not. I doubt if they have any orders for them! I have a notion to send them a picture of the picked bones of one of the Blue Andalusions. I have tried to deal with them but this is just bad. I think those extras have cost me about $16 in dead chicks, and Lord knows what in extra food! For chicks I don't want. Geez.

another way to keep the chicks occupied, is to tie the corn on the cob on a string, so they have to really try to get it, this kept our babies busy for hours and they quit pecking at the others,
the vicks rub will not only tast bad to the ones doing the pecking, but will help heal the wounds of the pecked.
We also had a mirror in the hen house for them to take out thier agressions on. endless fun to watch!.