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my experience might make you feel better. I had a baby chick that cheeped loudly and always ran up to jump in my hand. Of course, that one becomes your favorite. She was eating and drinking seemed fine and then she just died on day 3. When I told someone at the feedstore about her they said that she sounded like something was wrong with her to begin with, running to me and wanting to be held all the time was unusual for a healthy day-old chick. I really don't think a little fall would do her in ( have you seen the video of hatchery employees sexing chicks and tossing them into bins?- kind of rough) So just think of it as you gave a little fragile chick a lot of love that probably wasn't going to make it much longer. I know it's still sad though.