Low fertility, 1 chick hatch, now what?

[ManOverBoard]

Hey Everyone,
We just finished another hatch out, only this time the results were very odd. Of the dozen quail eggs we put in, only 1 hatched and 9 of them never showed any signs of development. the other two stopped very early on. Our incubator was acting a bit funny, and had the temp skyrocketed one day, and ran low the entire rest of the time despite my attempts to increase it.
Now we have one sweet healthy chick.
We think he's a he as he keeps getting up on tippy toes and peeping as our previous male chicks did. My husband, myself and our three young kids keep visiting him and giving him time and responding to his peeps with attention as we feel he must be very lonely.
We're wondering what to do now, we tried stuffy buddies, we tried a mirror, all seemed scary.
He's obviously too little to put in with our quail flock, we could try to set another batch of eggs, but with low fertility rates (which I don't understand) and 18 days before anyone would hatch we're not sure that's the best option, we could try to raise it as a single chick, but are worried it will get depressed and am not sure how to safely take it around with us throughout the day, or we can try to see if anyone in our area maybe has some extra babies we could pick up as buddies for our little guy. (Anyone in Southeastern CT got some quail babies?)
Hoping you guys can share your thoughts,
Thanks!

 

[Nabiki]

You might try a feather duster. If you have an older hen, you might try putting her in with the chick, but make sure to watch her very carefully until you're sure she's getting along and not pecking it. In my experience, make sure the hen is older, around 2 years old or so.

 

[ManOverBoard]

You might. try a feather duster. If you have an older hen, you might try putting her in with the chick, but make sure to watch her very carefully until you're sure she's getting along and not pecking it. In my experience, make sure the hen is older, around 2 years old or so.

Thank you , we'll give the feather duster a go. All our hens are about a year old. We've had a couple broody ones, but know that quail aren't the best at chick care.

 

[ManOverBoard]

Hey Nabiki,
Might our blind hen be a good companion for our lone chick?