Egg peeped and hen abandoned it

[OneCrazyCowgirl]

So my chicken had a baby 5 days early and yesterday I noticed she abandoned the eggs. I was about to throw them out when I heard a peep and it moved in my hand. I quickly put it back. The next day she wasnt sitting on them. The egg was cold, no peeps but I could feel a little movement. What do I do? I don't have an incubator so that won't work

 

[maryroberson76]

thy a heat pad

 

[OneCrazyCowgirl]

Do

thy a heat pad

but don't I have to have some sort of controlled humidity? Would a heat lamp work?

 

[maryroberson76]

you can try i have used a heated towel befor but not to heated

 

[OneCrazyCowgirl]

Heated

you can try i have used a heated towel befor but not to heated

heated towel? Did you use like water or something ? Soaked it with warm water ?

 

[maryroberson76]

you need humitidy but this close to hatching whiping them with a damp rag will work

 

[maryroberson76]

i would whipe down with a damp rag about every 2-3 hours.
the thing is the warmth with out it then they want hatch

 

[maryroberson76]

its like they are going in to shock.

 

[henney penny]

Wrap losely in damp warm paper towel and either a heating pad or heat lamp to keep it warm,put a thermomator near the egg and try to keep it sround 99 if you can

 

[OneCrazyCowgirl]

Ok

Wrap losely in damp warm paper towel and either a heating pad or heat lamp to keep it warm,put a thermomator near the egg and try to keep it sround 99 if you can

I put a towel over it and it started to cheep and move