Alone chick

[The pecking chick]

Hello everyone I have a baby chick that’s alone and all her brothers and sisters are much larger and Mature so there in the coop could I let her out Temperatures Get as low as 8 degrees Celsius and as high as 20 degrees Celsius as we head into spring it gets warmer every week.

 

[Lovem all]

Are any of the others mean? Also she looks really young. What's her age?

 

[Aapomp831]

That chick is NOT ready to go outside. I highly suggest finding another chick and putting them together in a brooder and keeping them inside until at least 6 weeks of age; or whenever they are fully feathered out. Chickens are social creatures - they need friends or they can get depressed and die. And chicks at that age need someone to huddle with for warmth. In the meantime can you put a stuffed animal in there for it to huddle with? I’ve heard of people doing that until they can get friends for a lone chick.

 

[The pecking chick]

Are any of the others mean? Also she looks really young. What's her age?

The chick is around 6weeks old

 

[Aapomp831]

The chick is around 6weeks old

Are you sure? There’s no way... that chick looks like 2 weeks tops. Unless it’s a bantam.... but I have a bantam outside that’s 4 weeks and it’s way more feathered out than that.

 

[rosemarythyme]

That's 6 weeks old? Most likely a runt then, or failure to thrive (less likely if it's already 6 weeks). Would be ideal if you could keep it with its hatchmates (or at least in an enclosure with option of heat (heat plate/pad) in line of sight of the others) but it may struggle since it's obviously behind the others in terms of development.

 

[The pecking chick]

It is definitely 6 weeks the photos are 2 off her sisters.

 

[Lovem all]

wow she's tiny. I would not put her outside