Really appreciate everyone's advice. Pat, I like your description of the noise a spoield chick makes:" ungodly smoke alarm going off type of noise".
I think I am going to take the two and put them in the baby barn, under a broody serama hen, and hope the 1.5 day old makes it. If I chicken out when I get out there, I'll steal a newborn silkie or two so there are more than just the month old and the new hatch in the tub. Haven't made up my mind for sure. The new hatch is buff colored and will look like Wheaties my teeny tiny house pet hen.
Wheaties who has severe heart problems laid an egg today. 
I have her in with Jerry's roosters so the heart defect won't be passed on. Her heart slows down, her eyes roll back, she flops, then slowly comes out of it. Her heart slows down enough I can count her beats; chicken's hearts normally beat very fast, 275 to 400 beats per minute. Peter Brown at First State Vet Supply told me to give her baby aspirin everday and it's been helping.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/longevity.htm I have her in with Jerry's roosters so the heart defect won't be passed on. Her heart slows down, her eyes roll back, she flops, then slowly comes out of it. Her heart slows down enough I can count her beats; chicken's hearts normally beat very fast, 275 to 400 beats per minute. Peter Brown at First State Vet Supply told me to give her baby aspirin everday and it's been helping. http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/day02/comparative.html
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: Sharon Ledford <trackmanagers@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] monster chicks advice
I have found with a small amount of tiny chickens that they need some 'bulk' of warmth around them for comfort. Quite often I have about 1-3 survivors of an ebay order, and I stick an older calm breed chick to be a 'sister' or babysitter. Twice this spring I was in that position, the first time I rushed to the farm store and got a clearance Orp chick - the second time an oops AmeraucanaXPolish filled the post Last year an OEG and a Silkie stepped forward at different times when little ones went to the backyard from the brooder. I hatched one Serama from a batch in a heat wave this summer what a drama princess she was - I was happy when she left last week with her best friend Ameraucana cockerel to a new home. It was so funny to see the Orp chick still hanging with the buddies when she was 10 times their size.
From: CathrynTherese Fitch Walden <cathryntherese@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:59 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] monster chicks advice
Yesterday I brought in the chick that hatched in my hand, and the little serama I decided was too small to go out to the baby barn. A couple of times I checked on them, and all was going great. Today did the same; even picked them up to look them over. Checked their light, clean water, food, they have each other, and a bit of exact lovebird food. Well guess what? I have a 1 day old chick and a 4 week old serama chick that will not stop yelling for me to hold them! I am typing with one hand as both are sitting in my lap in one hand. They have yelled and screamed for hours... I know as soon as I put them down they are going to go back to screaming. :( Any ideas? It's 12:02 and they have yelled since 8-8:30pm.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
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