Help!!! egg cracked 2 days before hatching. Urgent!

[MOChickenz]

 

[Melissa Rose]

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[silky_3699]

i hope its going to be ok!

 

[Spinster_Sister]

 

[bock]

Good news! The chick is still fighting! The other chicks from the nest have pipped, so I am trying to figure out what to do. I can't tell if the big end or the small end was crushed. Most of the egg is cracked and/or missing. Although I can't see its head. Anyway, I will be back with updates soon. Thanks for the support!

 

[bock]

I am pretty sure the small end is the part where the shell is missing. I picked off some shell and membrane that was stuck where the chick is exposed. I am pretty sure I felt its beak at the other end, so I poked a little hole in the membrane with a toothpick, like a pip. The whole chick/egg is wrapped in a moist paper towel, except for the part I "pipped". I will give it a while, and try to make some more progress. Slowly but surely.

It squirms a lot, that baby wants out of there!

 

[86121]

Oh thats awesome news!
Here is hoping it continues to pull threw!

 

[bock]

More good news! The chick's half sibling has hatched! It is mostly dry, poking its head out of momma's feathers!

The chick in the bator is half Barred Rock/half Black Austrolorph (sp?). And the one under the hen is half Barred rock/half brown leghorn. I think they all have the same father. I have a feeling they will all have the trademark white spot on their heads. The other eggs haven't pipped yet. Here's to hoping they do, and to the little chick pulling through!

 

[aggie9296]

come on out little one!

 

[wmsmith09]

I'm rooting for you and your little one!

Hatch little one, hatch