What to do with solo chick

[PuddleEndChicken]

I have a healthy Old English Gamefowl (fighting cock) chick that is 5 weeks old and the sole survivor of a bad hatch where the humidity was too low and the rest didn't hatch properly. It is really lonely especially since its only other hatching mate died of wry neck/splay legs at 4 weeks.

I'm wondering what to do with it.

I've hatched 6 Pekin bantams and 5 Hamburgs in an incubator that are 8 weeks old.

My Old English Gamefowl hen (fighting cock) has hatched 5 chicks herself that are 2 weeks old.

I'm wondering whether I could put the sole chick in with either of these groups - I know that it's not advised if the chicks are more than 2 weeks apart in age.

I thought I could try it in under the hen with the younger chicks - but she is vicious and might hurt it and/or reject it ? Also it might it bully the smaller chicks ?

Or could I put it in with one or two of the smallest/females of the 8 week old Pekin bantams? A Gamefowl is quite feisty and it might hold it's own with other more docile breeds like female Pekin Bantams despite the size difference.

Or I could put it in with a couple of female Hamburgs - they are quite feisty too but are not that different in size aged 8 weeks than a 5 week old Gamefowl.

Any suggestions, I don't really want to bring this one up alone with just a mirror for company ?

Thank you.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

Of the choices you've listed, I'd choose the 8 week old Pekin bantams for companions, under the strictest observation and ready to intervene if trouble starts. The hen with chicks will likely know it's not hers and reject it.