Egg hatching in my bra - advice on when/if to assist!

[Monkeybean415]

This is so amazing! So great that you stuck with it. I'd consider putting one of the other chicks with it and then putting both back with mama together.

 

[Raiz]

I'm very surprised that your chick hatched. Open air is generally too low humidity and the inner membrane dries out, constricting the chick. You must have a strong little chick!

 

[Demidog]

It wasn't completely in open air, it was tucked into my boobs where there is quite a bit of humidity! lol I think it replicates the mothers environment quite well. Although i wouldn't do it this way right from the start, but evidently it was enough to finish off the proses!

I put the chick under the mother last night to sleep and she's accepted it along with the others no problem. So that's it. Back to being a human again

 

[Demidog]

That's so awesome! Congrats!


Once I found my bator got accidentally unplugged and it was only 80 in there! The babies were in there cold and not looking so hot. I had one egg left, so I stuck it in my bra while I put the cold babies in a basket under a heat lamp. Once the bator was warmed back up, I put the egg back in. Turns out he hatched into the most aggressive little cockerel ever! It was even better because his egg was layed a day after the rest were set so I just threw it in. To this day I joke that I shoulda not set his egg and just ate it. I sold him for 2.50 at a swap meet.

We've also got an aggressive cockerel and if this little chick stays friendly and turns out to be a roo we will be keeping him instead of this evil one! lol

 

[bantam brood 17]

It wasn't completely in open air, it was tucked into my boobs where there is quite a bit of humidity! lol I think it replicates the mothers environment quite well. Although i wouldn't do it this way right from the start, but evidently it was enough to finish off the proses!

I put the chick under the mother last night to sleep and she's accepted it along with the others no problem. So that's it. Back to being a human again

So pleased it's all turned out well What breed of chicken is the little chick?

 

[mrscluckingham]

I would have never thought to incubate an egg there. I would have thought it was a dud. I am so happy for you!! I was given the opportunity to incubate for someone. 18 eggs, but only 2 hatched. What a sight to be seen if I would have tucked those babies away. lol My hubby has forbidden me to incubate again. I was so stressed. One egg hatched and for 2 days it laid there with its head out of the shell breathing heavy. The second egg hatched and was walking around pecking the one stuck in the shell. I finally pulled the shell off and had to soak the membrane in warm water to get it off. She ended up with a crooked foot and would fall on her side. The healthy chick tried to kill her, so I separated them. I put a bandaid on the crooked foot and left her in the incubator for another day. The bandaid was wrapped on her foot to make the toes lay flat. I was SHOCKED to see her walk normal, and she ended up fine. I was heart broken that only 2 hatched, but felt like Wonder Woman for saving and rehabilitating the other. After all was done, hubby banned me from ever doing it again. I must admit, I don't think I could go through that again. Though I do get the itch to hatch more babies from time to time. Congratulations on the successful hatching.

 

[Demidog]

So pleased it's all turned out well What breed of chicken is the little chick?

The mothers are some kind of Italian crossed with a mutt, i'm not sure exactly the guy i bought them from was very vague. I'm in Macedonia and they call them 'village' chickens. He told me Italian crossed with village. But these new chicks have the same markings as the mothers when they were chicks. They're really pretty with black and brown stripes down their heads and backs and black eye liner markings like Egyptian eyes. My bra chick also has some black spots around it's face. I'v got 3 of these Italian/village hens, 2 are brown and black and one black and white. They've got interesting markings which i like. Hopefully the chicks will turn into pretty hens too

 

[mrscluckingham]

They're really pretty with black and brown stripes down their heads and backs and black eye liner markings  like Egyptian eyes.

My EEs (when they were chicks) looked like you've described. I love that look. I'm not saying yours are EE, just that I can imagine them in my mind's eye. I hope, too, that yours grow up to be pretty.