It’s a sad day and a happy day on the homestead

Our 10yo wolfhound passed in the night. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster, you will be missed!

Then this morning our broody hen (I was hoping she a missing broody lady and not a missing eaten lady) brought 8 healthy chicks out of hiding. Mom is a black Australorp, but dad is a mystery chicken who hopped over our fence one day. Picture included if anyone has any ideas of his breed!

She left a ninth chick (loudly cheeping, which is how i found it) and an egg that hasn’t pipped but I can hear cheeping inside of in the nest (opinions there?). The chick is having difficulties: at first it just kept throwing itself onto its back and I kept putting it back up, but now it’s mostly staying up and I’ve seen it stumble a few steps a few times. I don’t know if this is recoverable or not, and would appreciate opinions. It drank water when I dipped its beak, but it is definitely not as vigorous or capable as the others.

I hope the flair is alright, I really wasn’t sure which to choose since this post has a little of several of them 😅