Help!!!!!!! Abandoned Egg!

[Shannonwbl]

Okay so I removed the damp paper towels. Now what?! Should I remove the eggshell or does it need that for some reason. The box is still on the heating pad. Do I need to add a light? If so I would have to move the box b/c the light won't work where it is now. When should I offer food and water? Sugar water? This thing is loud!

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

Congrats on saving your little baby!!!! I.m new to this but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't really need food right away, at least not till it's all fluffed and dried. I use a cap from an orange juise jug with just a little water in it and I dip the beak in just a little so they can get thier first drink. As long as it's warm I think it should be okay. When it's all dried and fluffed you can try sneaking it back to mom.

 

[mnferalkitty]

Congrats!!!!

take the egg shell out, wait until it is completely dry before you offer it food or water, it is not going to eat right now, just keep it warm put the box half off half on the heating pad so it has a warm and cool spot

 

[mnferalkitty]

I can't believe this all worked!!

 

[Shannonwbl]

Got the egg out and slid the pad to half and half. Once it dries I will likely need to move to a bit larger container and pull out my big heat lamp. I hope to sneak it under the hen tonight - she is very protective - and let her take it from there.

I have no idea how the humidity thing worked. I guess I just got lucky. It is a small container about the size of a shoebox and I just wadded wet paper towels on one side and had the egg on dry paper towels on the other. I did notice on the side with the wet ones there was some condensation on the container so it must have been humid in there. The membrane was nice and moist unlike the half hatched one I found in the nest that didn't make it.

I must say I am surprised how active this little one is. I would be taking a nap or something!

 

[Shannonwbl]

I can't believe this all worked!!

Me either! Just before you mentioned not to disturb the egg much my son and I were rolling it around trying to candle it and tapping on the shell to see if it would peep. What NOT to do!

 

[Nicole01]

Your Rubbermaid idea is no different then a still incubator. Some people use fans, others not. Both work, but cheaper then buying an expensive incubator from the store.

 

[farmin4fun]

Congrats on hatching out your baby!!! This is just an option for you as chickens don't usually do very well when raised by themselves, but you could wait till the Mother hen goes to sleep tonight and sneak in there and slip the baby underneath her with it sibling while Momma sleeps. By morning the mother hen will have accepted the baby and the baby probably still remembers it's mother's noises and it's siblings peeps, so it will accept them as well.

I've done this several times and it's always worked. I've even slipped additional store bought chicks underneath a mother with baby's she hatched out and have never had a problem with this method. Best of luck to you!!

 

[Shannonwbl]

Congrats on hatching out your baby!!! This is just an option for you as chickens don't usually do very well when raised by themselves, but you could wait till the Mother hen goes to sleep tonight and sneak in there and slip the baby underneath her with it sibling while Momma sleeps. By morning the mother hen will have accepted the baby and the baby probably still remembers it's mother's noises and it's siblings peeps, so it will accept them as well.

I've done this several times and it's always worked. I've even slipped additional store bought chicks underneath a mother with baby's she hatched out and have never had a problem with this method. Best of luck to you!!

I plan to do just that. The hen is very protective so I hope I can get this one under her without waking her. She actually has a funny story herself. The is a Jersey Giant we call "wonky chicken" because she was attacked by a hawk as a young hen and we nearly lost her. I babied her for months and was amazed that she made it. She walks with a tilt and appears to have never fully matured, thus the name. I don't know if she can even lay eggs but she went broody on a clutch of eggs from my (now deceased) EE. This egg is the only brown one of the bunch so I am not sure who it belongs to, but based on the color it could possibly be hers I think. I kinda hope so since she has such a neat story.

 

[animaladdictions]

CONGRATULATIONS! You did a fantastic job! Especially considering you'd never dealt with this sort of thing before! Now next time something like this happens, you'll know exactly what to do!