Chick out of the shell too soon ....

[Pixijayne]

Hi ...

I posted over in the emergencies and help forum and it was suggested I come over here ...

Here is a link to the original thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1038080/chick-out-of-the-egg-too-soon#post_16020359

I have a chick that I think was in a cold rejected egg and my young son let curiosity get the better of him and he opened it. Consequently he came running in with a live very cold not yet ready to hatch chick.

My mamma hen had hatched out 12 or more chicks in the 12 hrs and rejected these last 3 eggs.

I have put the chick in a ziplock bag (cut away) so it can breath but trying to keep it moist ....

There was an amount of egg sack not absorbed and a small amount of bleeding. The chick has lasted 15hrs now (over night) and is kicking and cheerping strongly but is now i think too moist.

I am worried about infection with all the moisture and that the egg sack maybe better off in a dry environment.

I am trying to keep it at around 37C but its a challenge, as I am not really set up for it, Im using make-shift warming devices.

I took this pic about 3 hrs ago;

 

[caesargirl]

@AmyLynn2374

 

[caesargirl]

@casportpony

 

[caesargirl]

@Amiga can you help or have any tags?

 

[sniper338]

Ive never had one live through it. Good luck

 

[RubyNala97]

Obviously you don't have an incubator, right? Please wait for others to reply. I think since its been so long that you can tie the yolk off but honestly I'm not sure. Just here for moral support.
What about the other 2 eggs?

 

[Pixijayne]

I was trying to save the other 2 eggs but I wasnt able to keep the temp stable so I thought best to just let them cool. We didnt plan this clutch and I already have 18 hens (and one roo) hubby thinks we have 6 or so chickens ... Shhhhhhhhhhhhh ..........

I just cut opened the ziplock bag a bit, as it was starting to get a smell ... the egg sack connection point looks too wide / deep for me to figure how to tie it off ....

 

[Pixijayne]

Im starting to think the eggs sack is getting biger not smaller ... or is not just eggs sack but inside bits and pieces - it that possible ?

I have just taken 2 pics ... one is zoomed in:

 

[Amiga]

@Lacrystol are you around?

@Orca5094

@WVduckchick

 

[caesargirl]

I hatch ducks. I don't hatch chickens. In your position I would get it out of the bag. Bacitracin with no painkillers that sac. Put a moist paper towel square pad over sac. When I do this I secure it with surgical tape belt. Painters tape works, masking tape. You need to put pressure on that sac. Baby needs to be upright in a slight fetal position. Surround with a dry paper towel/ wash cloth. Put in a cup/coffee mug small Tupperware.... Wrap in heating pad, put under a desk light, needs warmth.

Search on BYC for duck in a cup.
Until someone else jumps in with chick advice, that's what I'd do.