Advice on 5 week old chicken drama

[EmilyEggily]

Hello!
I had 3 bantams and when one went broody I decided she could hatch some eggs.
Mother hen rejected one of her four chicks immediately so I took them inside into a brooder and purchased 2 day olds as companions.
The mother and 3 other babies have been living outdoors in a maternity coop with run.
At 4 weeks she has decided to wean them and just bailed to return to the others
In doing so she’s injured one (a male I think) and I’ve had to take him inside to spray him with cetrigen.
So now I have 3 babies in a brooder, 1 a little scabbed up in a box next to them, and the remaining 2 chicks are in the maternity coop outside with a heat lamp because they’re really not big enough to free range alone (mum is not protecting them at all anymore).
Should I just put all babies in the outdoor coop and run now to simplify the situation?
Will my little injured one be alright to go back once his wounds are closed over?

 

[redinator]

Hello!
I had 3 bantams and when one went broody I decided she could hatch some eggs.
Mother hen rejected one of her four chicks immediately so I took them inside into a brooder and purchased 2 day olds as companions.
The mother and 3 other babies have been living outdoors in a maternity coop with run.
At 4 weeks she has decided to wean them and just bailed to return to the others
In doing so she’s injured one (a male I think) and I’ve had to take him inside to spray him with cetrigen.
So now I have 3 babies in a brooder, 1 a little scabbed up in a box next to them, and the remaining 2 chicks are in the maternity coop outside with a heat lamp because they’re really not big enough to free range alone (mum is not protecting them at all anymore).
Should I just put all babies in the outdoor coop and run now to simplify the situation?
Will my little injured one be alright to go back once his wounds are closed over?

If you keep the injured chick separate you'd have to integrate it later. Integrating a single chick is more difficult than integrating a group.

If it were me I'd keep them all "together, but seperate" until the injured chick heals. If you can keep the injured chick separated, but visible to the rest, it'll be easier to move them all out once the injury heals. Depending on your setup you could put a seperate pen/crate in the 'maternity coop' outside for the injured chick.