New to Hen with baby...Concerns Follow up to Broody Hen won't come out of box

[tmpar]

Hello! So yesterday was 21 days and sure enough, one little chick hatched (I put two eggs in but one got cracked and died :-( .. So now the baby is a little less than 24 hours old.. Now I did not separate her from the other hens. They have not bothered with her at all when I put her out to eat and drink so I think they won't bother her now with the chick. But now what if she doesn't go out to eat and drink with the chick and doesn't the chick have to get at her food and water too? I am worried the hen will just sit on the chick in her little nest I made in a small dog crate and not come out.

 

[silkiechicken]

Mom should get up and go out with chick within 72 hours. So by now she's probably gotten up. If it's just that one, I'd not be too worried about mom being able to defend it from the rest.

 

[jellybellyx6]

We had chicken do that last year she sat on her baby for about 48 hours and then she got up got food and water and then back with her. The next morning momma and her chick were out of the nest eating and drinking. Momma would not let any of the other chicken near her baby. It was funny to watch her back off all the other chickens if she felt they got too close.