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Lonely chick

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3boysandagirl · 28/06/2012 13:32

We incubated 4 eggs. When we candled them, 1 had not fertilised, 2 had lively chicks and the other had something in but we weren't sure if it was still alive.

On Tuesday 2 hatched but only 1 survived. So we have one chick in our brooder. Is this ok? I feel so sorry for it. It's fit and well but I feel bad keeping it on it's own for the next few week and it not having the stimulation it would get from another chick/s.

We have no broody hens to take it on. We've got 3 week old chicks outside with a hen and that's it.

Will the chick be alright on it's own?

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MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe · 29/06/2012 18:47

It will be fine on it's own, when it's bigger you can introduce it to the others. Don't do that until it can keep up with them and won't get squashed.

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