If chicks make it to a week and a half, are they safe?

[4H kids and mom]

I'm wondering if I can relax a little and quit worrying that I'm going to wake up one morning to a dead baby. They are just a week and a half now, feathering out nicely (big wings and tails), and FLYING around the box. They're roosting too. Eating a full trough of food a day and drinking a whole gallon of water. What is the safety mark? I mean, what are the statistics of loosing a chick after a week?

 

[lively Bee's]

I lost 3 chicks after the 2 week mark but the had punmonia from a very bad shippment. If the chicks are looking healty and active you should be home free.

 

[4H kids and mom]

Thank you. We are bonding with them, and it would hurt quite a bit to loose one after getting to know them! Everyone is active and healthy (from what I can tell) so fingers crossed I suppose?

 

[SpottedCrow]

Sounds like they're doing fine...congrats.

 

[TheBigWRanch]

Last year I lost two of them. One at about 3 months, and one at about 5. I wasn't able to find any reason for it, they had looked perfectly fine. I've also heard that you may loose some at sexual maturity.

 

[chickbea]

As with any critter, sometimes bad things happen. I've never had a chick die until this year. It was about 7-8 days old, and was growing just like its siblings. Then one morning, I found it barely alive. The mother hen had covered it in shavings and hay. I never did figure out what was wrong.
All in all, however, it sounds like things are going well. BigWRanch is right, though - the next phase you really have to worry about is as they approach laying age. The first few eggs can be a challenge for some pulletts, and you need to be on the lookout for egg binding, low calcium levels, etc.
One spring I had a girl who started laying early (about 18 weeks), and she had quite the troubles - her first three eggs were doubles that were fused at the ends (totalling about 5" long - !). I had to help her get each one out. I had started to think I was going to have to help her for the rest of her life, but happily she then started to lay normally.