Our little chick is doing well
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
Rockingham, Australia
January 24, 2023 12:01am CST
Those who read my discussions would know that we took a newly hatched chick to the house after it hatched out on its own a day after the two hens and other chicks had left the nest. It was very wobbly and I thought the hens might reject it which they will sometimes do. Survival of the fittest and all that.
We heard today that the chick is doing well and has been placed back with the others. However, one of the previous chicks has died which is a shame.
I’ve put up the photo before of one of the hens with a chick.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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24 Jan 23
My parents tried hatching chicken/duck eggs like that using some sort of incubators long time ago. The young ones could die easily I heard. Glad that my parents stopped that after a few years. (The ducklings/chooks dirtied the floors inside the house so fast and I was the one who must keep it clean.)
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So true... I hated those ducklings and ducks. 
@changjiangzhibin89 (16763)
• China
24 Jan 23
A heart-warming photo ! Instead ,the abandoned chick is doing well ! The hen never had thought it.
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
24 Jan 23
The chick looks cute. Is that the mother of the chick?
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 23
@aninditasen Yes, I don't think they really know the difference. They get a bit worried if they have hatched out little ducklings and then the ducklings want to spend all their time in the waterbowl.
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
25 Jan 23
@JudyEv I see. Will the hen on which it's sitting take care of the chick as it's own?
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Jan 23
Oh good I had just asked about him.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50250)
• United States
24 Jan 23
I’m glad to hear that the baby chick is doing well. That’s sad about the other.
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@wolfgirl569 (106226)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jan 23
Glad that one is doing good. Sorry they lost a different one
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jan 23
Do you know why the one chick didn’t make it?
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jan 23
@JudyEv I just hope it didn’t suffer.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 23
Yes, it's really good news. I honestly didn't think it would live overnight.
@sharonelton (28846)
• Lichfield, England
25 Jan 23
That is a wonderful picture. I'm glad the chick is doing well. 
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
25 Jan 23
What a cute photo. Glad the at risk chick seems to be doing well.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 23
It's been a couple of days now so he should be okay
@snowy22315 (180677)
• United States
24 Jan 23
I am glad the little chick is doing well. He is a cutie.
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@LeaPea2417 (37351)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jan 23
My neighbors across the road bought a rooster and a couple of hens recently. In the upcoming months they should be producing eggs
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
24 Jan 23
It's a shame about the one chick but great news about the other.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
Each one is like a small miracle. Once they are out of the egg, there is no way you could get it back in!
