Chicks fighting....

All chickens will peck to establish the 'pecking order' whether they are boys or girls.  As hard as it may be, if you can leave them together to sort it out, that is the best solution.  If you keep seperating them it will just drag out the process for longer!

Can you tell us more about the chicks?  How long have you had them?  Are they all the same breed?  How old are they? 

It sounds like they will sort it out by themselves.  If you've only had them a week they will still be deciding who is at the top of the heap.  Hard to watch but unfortunately just one of those things chickens do!

Do make sure Road Runner can see out from under her tuft, so she can run away when she needs to.  Also make sure they have plenty of room to get away from each other and put more than one food and water dish in their run so nobody is kept away from the food.

If someone is actually bleeding you will need to intervene.  Until then, hold your breath, cover your eyes and wait!  Soon they will be best of friends all snuggled up together at night.

I've always found corn on the cob to be the most effective distraction - especially if it's on a piece of string (make sure the string can't come loose and fall into the pen). They spend ages trying to "catch" the cob. Don't put too much in though as you don't want upset tummies.
 It is painful to watch them fighting, but as the other posters have already said, seperating them will only prolong the agony for the lowest pecking order chick and make sure you have the gentian violet (purple) spray to hand for any wounds as they'll all join in if blood is drawn.

Who'd think these little bundles of fluff could be so nasty - I always thought chickens were gentle creatures before I owned them - now I know better!!!!

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