Need Help Saving Partially Hatched Chick & other Abandoned Eggs

[UrbanFarmOC]

Lol. My significant other is dubbing him Forest Gump for now. Ha!

 

[UrbanFarmOC]

Mama is very good about not taking them too far and will change course if babies can't keep up. The rest of the flock leaves them alone, except for my mille fleur Basque, who got herself a sentence in meanie jail for the day.

 

[nchls school]

Lol. My significant other is dubbing him Forest Gump for now. Ha!

A much cuter name than, Baby!

 

[nchls school]

Mama is very good about not taking them too far and will change course if babies can't keep up. The rest of the flock leaves them alone, except for my mille fleur Basque, who got herself a sentence in meanie jail for the day.

Keep an eye on them. As the chicks become more mobile mom will take them further and faster.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Woohoo! Checked on mama and babies at 6 this morning. All was quiet, which is a good sign of acceptance.

Just now, mama took babies out. I was concerned at first because the little one wasn't with his siblings. 2 minutes later, I hear him peep and then he ran just a tad clumsily (he stepped on one of his toes) towards mama and siblings.

I think it'll get better as he gets stronger over the next few days.

 

[UrbanFarmOC]

Update and Additional Advice Needed!

Yesterday afternoon, Mama started rejecting Forest Gump. By 6pm, she was a little more aggressive. Nothing that really hurt him, but it was clear that he was not keeping up with his older (1 day and 3 days older) siblings, and I suspect is one of the reasons Mama was rejecting him. I took him in until Mama went to bed with the siblings and presented Forest to her on the nest. She accepted him. 

Early this morning, all was well and she still cared for him. It's 8:30a here now and they were outside.  Forest still can't keep up with his siblings, and mama rejected him once again. Each time I presented him to her, he'd run the other way with a stare, or she'd peck him and chase him away. He's on my laptop now, helping me write a plea for help (he insisted on helping instead of finishing the egg yolk treat I provided him).  

What should I do? I really don't want to raise him by himself. He will have a very lonely and sad life as an outsider to my flock if I do that. Should I attempt to reintroduce him to Mama again tonight? Anything I can do during the day to help her re-accept him? Should I remove all the babies and raise them together, away from Mama? If I do that, Mama will be very, very sad and upset. She has proven herself to be an excellent mother with her first brood.      

 

[nchls school]

If at all possible I would raise this chick alone and as a pet if you have the time. Since the hen has rejected him more than once quite likely she will again. The leg problem may give him a huge disadvantage when it come to fitting in with the pecking order. It is likely that he will be picked on badly and may not be able to avoid the bullying with the leg (running away).