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You could double or triple up some cloth towels or wash cloths and wet them with warm water and set your egg in them as well, they would stay wet longer than paper towel. I don't know that I would make a long trip for the Neosporin at this hour, I would either skip it and go with just wet...

Some have used petroleum jelly on chickens to treat leg mites so I doubt it is harmful to chickens if used properly

I am not sure if it would or not, I have not heard of it being used. If you cannot get anything else I would try it just use it in a small amount and only on the edges of the membrane

It doesn't "Grease" the membrane, well I suppose it does but that isn't the purpose here. When the membrane dries it toughens and then the chick can't rip through it to zip open the shell which causes the chick to get stuck and die, the Neosporin will let the membrane retain moisture keeping it...

The Neosporin keeps the memebrane from drying out where it is exposed to air. Many people have used it, it is not toxic to chicks. You could also swab the membrane with water to keep it moist but you would need to do it constantly, the ointment will stay on there and sort of seal it off from...

Just make sure the egg stays warm and if you have water containers don't have it so when the chick hatches it will fall in and drown. Keeping it on damp toweling with some spritzing of water on the egg and towel to keep it wet is probably good enough, it doesn't matter what you keep it in a...

It isn't unmedicated, all Neosporin and off brand is a antibiotic ointment which is medicated with antibiotic, what you want is an antibiotic cream that doesn't have an added pain reliever, the pain reliever is bad for chickens, you should keep some of this on hand anyways for treating wounds in...

An artificial heat source would be better at this point I think, lack of moisture won't kill the chick but could make it difficult for it to hatch, you can always assist with the hatch if that is the case, lack of heat will kill the chick which is what will happen if the hen kicks it from the...

Well if you don't have an incubator I think you may have a hard time here, normally I would recommend just putting the egg in the incubator and letting the chick hatch, the chick most likely doesn't need help, just more time, which without an incubator or mother hen, it will not get. At this...

Many people have helped chicks, some say not to, some do it all the time. There is an article on here about when to help and when not to and how to go about it, you should read that. I personally have a hard time telling when a chick actually needs help and when it doesn't, I think too many...