Will this baby heal?

There are two mamas. Raven would sit on the nest but wasn't totally broody. About a week later Angel went total broody over night. They have been sharing. Sometimes sitting together and always taking over for each other when one would leave to eat. Raven is flighty and even today will get off the nest of she is bothered to much. Angel well growl and peck.

I have fake eggs in the other boxes, but for some reason Icy decided that she needed to lay her egg in the clutch box. I saw her peck the baby before I could get to her. I moved her to another box and after a minute she decided to lay her egg there. The baby is coated in Neosporin and blu-kote.

Two hatched Thursday evening, two over Thursday night and one yesterday while I was at work. 7 eggs left. How long should I wait before deciding that no more will hatch? (If I had a candler,I wouldn't know what to look for)
Allow Angel to have the chicks. She will protect them.
I allowed one full day after all the eggs that are hatching to hatch. If the rest haven't hatched by then, they likely won't if they were all set at the same time.
If you allowed your broodies to do double duty, you may have a staggered hatch.
If that is the case, I would remove the unhatched eggs one day after the rest seem to have hatched and move Angel out with her chicks. You can then let Raven sit on the remaining eggs for no more than 3 days. If any hatch, great. She can have the chicks. If not, toss the eggs.
There is a slight chance that Angel would allow Raven to co-raise the chicks if no additional eggs hatch for Raven but you will have to try that first to see how Angel responds to Raven and how Raven responds to the chicks. Otherwise put Raven in a crate to break her broodiness.
 

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