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post #1 of 5
5/29/12 at 10:24am
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There is some egg shell stuck on the back of one the recently hatch chicks. Its dried on, i was not home to tend to it early enough  Should i remove it or let nature take its course.  

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post #2 of 5
5/29/12 at 10:28am

I just pick it off once I put them in the brooder, but I don't open the incubator to take it off if the other eggs aren't hatched yet. and sometimes the other chicks peck it off.

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post #3 of 5
5/29/12 at 10:31am

You can wet it a bit with warm water to loosen it up. Then wipe it off later. 

 

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post #4 of 5
5/29/12 at 11:14am
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its been on for over a day i dont know if warm water will take it off. im thinking of leaving it on for fear of hurting the chick

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post #5 of 5
5/29/12 at 11:34am

Then maybe you should just keep wetting it, so it'll soften up. I think the other chicks's get curious and peck it...

 

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