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Awesome, thank you so much!

That's good advice, Mary. What kind of general timeframe is this "watch and see" time? Weeks? Months?

The current status of my small flock: -3 hens, a little over a year old -1 rooster, about 15 weeks old -3 chicks (from one of the hens who went broody), 4 weeks old Of the 3 chicks, it's looking pretty obvious that one of them is a rooster. I know we can't have 2 roosters with this small...

I thought so. Just slow to crow? ;-)

I will just add one more thing, in case it might be helpful for someone researching after this kind of accident. In the first couple of minutes, that chick looked like it was definitely gone. I'm assuming this sweet thing was in some kind of shock. It was still, eyes closed, looked flat...

14 weeks, no crowing or anything close. It's definitely a rooster, though...right?

Just an update that several days later, the chick is looking good! So relieved!

Thank you for the reply. So far Mama seems fine and all is "normal" - I'll check in the a.m. Appreciate all the input. Hoping for the best.

Thank you so much for your kindness and encouragement. Are there warning signs that the Mama might abandon it -- something that should signal that I should try to separate it? So far, the chick is seeming more and more "normal", is interacting with Mama and other chicks, etc.

Thank you for that. Anything else I should do in terms of being stepped on? Specifically things to look out for? She seems to be doing pretty well now. She's still moving a little slow but she's moving around, peeping, eating. How would I know if she has internal injuries?

Hello. A baby chick (3 days old, hatched under broody) was accidentally stepped on by a child. The Chick was sort of flat and not moving for about a minute and then it perked up a bit and started standing and walking. Eventually it went under Mom and so we're just letting it stay there for now...

Thank you so much. I thought about that as well - but they are in an entirely new coop. Maybe they are still associating their loss with nightime/roosting? I'm just not sure if I should try to move them again (I'm not even sure where) - if something like mites might still be an issue.

First time caring for chickens. I got 6 chicks about 6 weeks ago. I was told they were 3 weeks old at the time. We got them from our neighbor who has free-range chickens who spend a lot of time on our property. Two of them died without an obvious cause last week, and I have a question about...