I NEED ADVICE ON A LONELY INJURED BUT HEALING CHICK! PLEASE!

[jen61871]

Good Afternoon! I need some advice. This 6 week old chick here-YES-this chick is 6 weeks old and HALF if not a third the size of my other 6 week old chicks??? Can someone tell me what to expect with this situation because as far as I can tell the chick is quite healthy other then it's size. Good appitiete, drinks well, poop looks ok. Now, as I had fearded and should have acted in time, the 21 other chicks that are so much bigger must have trampled him / her??? Anybody know? And injured a leg. I then (sigh) put said chick in nice sized dog cage in coop with a broody-not in same cage lol So, this is what I REALLY want advice on. I know this chick is SOOO lonely. She is stuck in a cage in a coop with a silent angry broody hen. I have taken her out and put her in a brooder but i can just leave her alone because my adults free range most of the day and we all know how nosy they are lol So I feel like I have 3 options.
1. get a like 3-4 week old duck from store and put it in with said chick for buddie
2. start integrating this chick with my adult flock now-well when chicks leg is completely better. It's getting there. As you can see chick can stand on it now and hold the weight but still wobbly. My adult chickens are pretty nice but they are hens and hens do peck! lol And 1 rooster.
3. I have 5 2 month old bantams that I am NOT free ranging-at least at this point I could put chick in with but is that even an option??? These are my first bantams.
Today i brought chick in house so it wouldn't be lonely and could actually move around. Honey will not be happy! lol
Please-advice advice advice! (I apologize for duplicate pics-don't know how to take off)

 

[Dawnclucks22]

Good Afternoon! I need some advice. This 6 week old chick here-YES-this chick is 6 weeks old and HALF if not a third the size of my other 6 week old chicks??? Can someone tell me what to expect with this situation because as far as I can tell the chick is quite healthy other then it's size. Good appitiete, drinks well, poop looks ok. Now, as I had fearded and should have acted in time, the 21 other chicks that are so much bigger must have trampled him / her??? Anybody know? And injured a leg. I then (sigh) put said chick in nice sized dog cage in coop with a broody-not in same cage lol So, this is what I REALLY want advice on. I know this chick is SOOO lonely. She is stuck in a cage in a coop with a silent angry broody hen. I have taken her out and put her in a brooder but i can just leave her alone because my adults free range most of the day and we all know how nosy they are lol So I feel like I have 3 options.
1. get a like 3-4 week old duck from store and put it in with said chick for buddie
2. start integrating this chick with my adult flock now-well when chicks leg is completely better. It's getting there. As you can see chick can stand on it now and hold the weight but still wobbly. My adult chickens are pretty nice but they are hens and hens do peck! lol And 1 rooster.
3. I have 5 2 month old bantams that I am NOT free ranging-at least at this point I could put chick in with but is that even an option??? These are my first bantams.
Today i brought chick in house so it wouldn't be lonely and could actually move around. Honey will not be happy! lol
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I would not advise getting the duck just because the chick has never seen it before and may act aggressively or be bullied. I know it’s hard, but I think it’s best that it’s alone for now. If you can, put the dog pen in the bantam pen so it can at least see the other birds. Since the bantams are smaller it may be easier on the chick. When the leg is healed you may try to integrate the chick in there. What are you feeding them?

 

[jen61871]

I would not advise getting the duck just because the chick has never seen it before and may act aggressively or be bullied. I know it’s hard, but I think it’s best that it’s alone for now. If you can, put the dog pen in the bantam pen so it can at least see the other birds. Since the bantams are smaller it may be easier on the chick. When the leg is healed you may try to integrate the chick in there. What are you feeding them?

sadly the dog cage won't fit in the bantams cage. I like to free range and my regular run is pretty big-I like my darlings to have room, but i might be able to get away with putting him in with the bantams without the cage?
Where i have him in the coop he can see the other chickens. hens coming in to lay eggs and if the feel like it during the day and then at night when everyone goes to bed. and it can see out of the cage it's wire.
It's just the chick starts chirping at me as soon as i come in the coop every time. I feel bad for it. can you tell the gender?
when it hatched for the first few weeks i fed purina non medicated gmo free? and all that stuff. organic. now i buy nutrena at agway. I prefer it over the mill's. smells better lol

 

[Dawnclucks22]

sadly the dog cage won't fit in the bantams cage. I like to free range and my regular run is pretty big-I like my darlings to have room, but i might be able to get away with putting him in with the bantams without the cage?
Where i have him in the coop he can see the other chickens. hens coming in to lay eggs and if the feel like it during the day and then at night when everyone goes to bed. and it can see out of the cage it's wire.
It's just the chick starts chirping at me as soon as i come in the coop every time. I feel bad for it. can you tell the gender?
when it hatched for the first few weeks i fed purina non medicated gmo free? and all that stuff. organic. now i buy nutrena at agway. I prefer it over the mill's. smells better lol

I’m guessing pullet.

 

[jen61871]

I’m guessing pullet.

Thank you! I was swaying that way but because of her size and sch I just wasn't sure.
Do you think her size is going to affect her in any way?

 

[Dawnclucks22]

Thank you! I was swaying that way but because of her size and sch I just wasn't sure.
Do you think her size is going to affect her in any way?

As to that I honestly don't know and I wouldn't want to give you any wrong information. I only raised chicks once myself - my originals - and did not have this problem, so hopefully someone else can help you with that...

 

[chuckachucka]

What breed is she? She is probably a bantam whereas your other chicks are standards. You could try keeping just one of the larger chicks in there with her for company.

 

[jen61871]

What breed is she? She is probably a bantam whereas your other chicks are standards. You could try keeping just one of the larger chicks in there with her for company.

She isn't a bantam. She comes from an egg from my flock of standard size chickens. So she is barnyard mix.

 

[MROO]

There was a great article posted recently right here on BYC, titled:
8 Ways To Grow A Single Chick
It's got lots of good ideas on how to keep your little one happy. My family recently raised a lone Silkie, and we used a large pom-pom (we called it his Mom-pom) n the cage with him. I've also seen a feather duster used in the same way, hung in the cage so the babies have a mama "hen" to hide under. Ours lived in the house in a large guinea in cage. He's now outside all day, but sleeps inside in a dog kennel. We'd let him stay outside with the others, but don't want to end up with Silkie mixes! Herman is so tame he comes when he's called, walks on a leash, and wears a diaper for school visits. It looks like he's staying ... we're too attached, now, to let him go!

 

[featherhead007]

There was a great article posted recently right here on BYC, titled:
8 Ways To Grow A Single Chick
It's got lots of good ideas on how to keep your little one happy. My family recently raised a lone Silkie, and we used a large pom-pom (we called it his Mom-pom) n the cage with him. I've also seen a feather duster used in the same way, hung in the cage so the babies have a mama "hen" to hide under. Ours lived in the house in a large guinea in cage. He's now outside all day, but sleeps inside in a dog kennel. We'd let him stay outside with the others, but don't want to end up with Silkie mixes! Herman is so tame he comes when he's called, walks on a leash, and wears a diaper for school visits. It looks like he's staying ... we're too attached, now, to let him go!

That's the kind of chicken lover I like!!!