The mother's have brought their chicks down from the best boxes and so far all is good.
This little gai () must feel very safe being cared for by three mums. Amazingly enough they all seem to be getting on well... I was worried they would start fighting out of jealousy for possession of the chick.
And the more traditional single parent family is also doing well. The main danger for this tiny little black chick is that it can fit through the chicken run mesh into the domain of the ever-present dog pack. Today I'm going to re-home these two into a separate cage for a week or so until the chick has grown a bit bigger.