In need of urgent information!!

[Hentastrophe]

Hey guys, recently I bought 4 chicks from rural king, not knowing a couple weeks later i would be adopting a baby chick with a broken leg. Now the chicks are older and the baby chick is still, well, a baby. I moved the chicks from the brooder to their new coop, but the baby chick is inside our house in a box (with a heat lamp and everything) i have the assumption its lonely because it wont stop peeping. I placed a mirror in there with it but Im still super worried it could die from loneliness despite the mirror? Please help! Thank you!

 

[Theorrin]

u may need to either keep one of the others with it or find another baby around the same age

 

[Hentastrophe]

u may need to either keep one of the others with it or find another baby around the same age

The problem is that the other ones are bigger and may pick on the disabled one, also rural king only sells chicks in packs of 4

 

[Theorrin]

The problem is that the other ones are bigger and may pick on the disabled one, also rural king only sells chicks in packs of 4

is there maybe a local person you can get them from? also have you tried talking with rural king and telling them of the situation? they may be willing to compromise

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Stuffed animals may help as well? Mine love them and I’ve read other lonely chicks sometimes do. Hope your baby will heal up quickly.

 

[BDutch]

Stuffed animals may help as well? Mine love them and I’ve read other lonely chicks sometimes do. Hope your baby will heal up quickly.

The question is from 2023. But reading this thread made me curious.
TS wasn’t around since December, so we probably never know what happened next in July 2023.

 

[KimbosKluckers]

The question is from 2023. But reading this thread made me curious.
TS wasn’t around since December, so we probably never know what happened next in July 2023.

Oh my, I’m so sorry I try to read dates first but this post popped up and I jumped in. Hmmm

 

[BDutch]

Oh my, I’m so sorry I try to read dates first but this post popped up and I jumped in. Hmmm

Apologies accepted. Made the same mistake over and over again in the past. Getting better at last.

 

[KimbosKluckers]

Apologies accepted. Made the same mistake over and over again in the past. Getting better at last.

I will now be very diligent about this! Lol. Who knows, maybe the OP will show up and answer?!