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post #1 of 9
5/2/12 at 10:42am
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As I wrote earlier today, I have a chick stuck in its shell.  I took it out and have removed some of the shell to help it, but it's so stuck on the paper towel.  I feel horrible to just let it die but I think I've done everything I can.

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post #2 of 9
5/2/12 at 10:45am

some folks use a bit of warm olive oil, I use warm water to loosen the stuck on bits

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post #3 of 9
5/2/12 at 10:46am
Use a little warm water to remove the paper towel. If it has already absored the yolk go ahead and remove it from the remaining shell. It should be fine. Good luck.

 

 

  

 

 

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post #4 of 9
5/2/12 at 10:49am
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I've tried the wet paper towel, the yolk is that stuck on the poor chick.  So, just get it out of the shell completely?  I just don't want to hurt the poor thing

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post #5 of 9
5/2/12 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by SciTeach View Post

I've tried the wet paper towel, the yolk is that stuck on the poor chick.  So, just get it out of the shell completely?  I just don't want to hurt the poor thing

If it still has it's yolk you need to keep that chick in the shell. Wrap the damp parer towel around the shell, not the chick. Do you have any way to get a pic?

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #6 of 9
5/2/12 at 11:24am
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The yolk was gone.  He was to the point where he was pooping in the shell.  I had to sit for about 30 minutes, but I got him out breaking pieces of shell and then wetting the membrane.  I put him back in the incubator, he's peeping up a storm and standing up.  He won't be very pretty when he dries, he lost some feathers in the process.   He sounds like he'll be ok, he was quite ruthless about getting out.  If I left him, it probably would have taken him a few days to die

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post #7 of 9
5/2/12 at 11:30am

Great news!

Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #8 of 9
5/2/12 at 11:56am

Aw when he dries you should post a pic of the little fella! I wanna see! :) sounds like he's doing okay!

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post #9 of 9
5/2/12 at 1:09pm
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Will do, my students are creating a website for them. 
 

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