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If the membrane is still over the chick I do know you need to keep it moist so it won't get so hard the chick can't break through. place a moist [warm water ] over the egg and then spray the papaer towel freguently to keep moist. making sure chick is warm. If you want find a card board box to put it in and a lamp that can shine into the box to keep it warm. it doesn't have to be a heat lamp even a 60watt buld will work. you just want to keep it warm and out of drafts. it won't have to eat or drink for 24 hrs. might even be able to slip it under mom after it hatch and is doing good. please keep us updated.
The only thing connected to it is a bit of shell on its bottom where it looks like it is still absorbing the yolk. I have a feeling the siblings interrupted that process. I have him in a box with a cloth towel with a heating pad under the towel. I also have a small sheet of warm/moist toilet paper near the end of his bottom. I dont have a heat lamp unfortunately. Just regular house lamps. I do have another hen with just one chick (the chick hatched out yesterday). Could I possibly slip it under her, or is that a no-no? His original mom has 7 other chicks with her and they are all dry and fluffy.
As of right now he lays still, wiggles and peeps for a bit, lays still, wiggles,etc.
Thank you!
