Giving baby back

[dunnmom]

Do the other chicks pick on it? Maybe you could take another of the 8 chicks and put it in with the other as a brooder buddy so it won't be all by itself. I don't know... When my mama hen rejected her 2 late hatchers, I had them together in a brooder until I rehomed them along with 5 other chicks. I was afraid to put them back because they were so little and fragile.

 

[MROO]

"Take Mama out and feed the chicks. They should all come out to fresh goodies." should be followed with:
Then you'll need to catch the baby and remove it before Mama hurts it or worse. It wouldn't be the first time a peep was raised solo. You could even take out one or two others to raise with it. That way, when everyone gets reintroduced, they all have a mini-flock to associate with while they get reacquainted.