HELP! I have a shrink-wrapped chick in my bra!

[Chicken Love]

OK, so here's an update. My daughter bumped into me with a chair and totally cracked the egg, but the membrane was still intact. I've kept it in my bra (a little bra-I'm NOT well-endowed!) all day, and keep checking it to see if it's still moving. It IS. I've made a wool coffee sleeve damp and kept a hot pack (that's not very hot, but more warm) on my chest allday. And now, it's Peeping. Good gracious, this thing's got a will to live! How am I going to sleep tonight with a Cracked & Peeping egg in my Bra!

 

[sandmbaker]

OK, so here's an update. My daughter bumped into me with a chair and totally cracked the egg, but the membrane was still intact. I've kept it in my bra (a little bra-I'm NOT well-endowed!) all day, and keep checking it to see if it's still moving. It IS. I've made a wool coffee sleeve damp and kept a hot pack (that's not very hot, but more warm) on my chest allday. And now, it's Peeping. Good gracious, this thing's got a will to live! How am I going to sleep tonight with a Cracked & Peeping egg in my Bra!

better sleep sitting up

 

[bobbi-j]

I've never put an egg in my bra (to try to hatch, or for any other reason), but I did try to hatch out some pheasant eggs in an electric frying pan once, after my brother-in-law's mother told me that it worked for her. I had no incubator at the time, the nest was inadvertently destroyed by a hay mower, and I wanted to give it a shot. They did develop, but it was over 20 years ago and I don't remember if they hatched or not. I would think, though, that it would be alot safer for the chicks than riding around in a bra.

 

[Nathan Sampson]

I hope all goes well with you little peeps and they make it out ok.

 

[loanwizard]

LW, you crack me up!

I always enjoy your posts on the Old Timers thread.

I crack you up? Really, I crack you up? There is a lady walking around with a cracked peeping egg in her bra and I, ME, moi crack you up?

I was just wondering if this bank of first knockers was a big bank, a small bank, a nice bank, or what. I don't want to open an account where there is a bunch of stubble out in the yard see? I would like to explore it, see if the surroundings are nice, see if there is easy access, a drive in window is excellent. Heck, might even ask to see the vault, see if it is safe....

ANYWAY.....

Quote: Ok... let's get serious for a minute. If I am not mistaken, this is day 22. Humidity is too low, y'all already cracked the egg and the peeping Tom...chick can't get out.

I have helped chicks hatch with mixed results. I refuse to do it anymore because if God wanted them out, he'd have made the chick strong enough to get out. That said, we humans screw things up by doing things like carrying and egg around in a boulder holder.... Yes, I am having a blast at your expense but I am going to try to help you.....

Get a bowl of warm water even very warm water. get a cloth or paper towel. Get it wet. Take the egg and wet the membrane. Don't drown the chick but the membrane is drying to the chick and will kill it. Wet the membrane and pick off the shell. Cause the chick to bleed and you might as well give it up. Takes a little time and patience or in my case, more water. Once the shell is off, watch. If the bird is still moving quite a bit.... you have a chance. Keeping the membrane wet, start removing it. It all must come off. A newborn chick comes out soaked so don't worry about water, just keep it away from the beak area so you don't drown it. If you are lucky, you will have a new healthy chick. I wouldn't hold my breath, but I may have 1 or 2 around that were hatched that way. If you do nothing it will likely get weaker and die if it hasn't already.

Good Luck,
Shawn

 

[bruceh]

i got to hear about this. i would name the chicks sweet and sour

 

[TwistOfFate]

I crack you up? Really, I crack you up? There is a lady walking around with a cracked peeping egg in her bra and I, ME, moi crack you up?

Your reply had me laughing so hard I spat tea out of my nose! To the lovely bra bator, I have done what you're doing (sans bra of course) before, and as long as you take it slow it can work. I had a shrink wrapped chick (due to me not knowing what I'm doing as of yet AND to crappy thermometers) that needed lots of help coming out.

I got the humidity up in the bathroom, peeled the shell little by little - it helps if you crack it first into smaller pieces - and then proceeded to get the membrane wet. At one point it started bleeding, so I put it back in the incubator and waited. The bleeding stopped and I continued the peeling, very slowly and keeping everything wet. Today, he/she is running around with the other chicks born that day, as big and as strong as the others. I don't know if I will ever do it again, as the risk is high and I question whether the chick should be helped this much right from the start, but I'm glad I did it with this chick.

Keep us posted, I want to read leanwizard's next reply, I need a good laugh!

 

[bobbi-j]

I crack you up? Really, I crack you up? There is a lady walking around with a cracked peeping egg in her bra and I, ME, moi crack you up?

She had me chuckling to begin with - your offer to explore the area to find out if the humidity is correct sent me over the edge. So, OK, it was both of you cracking me up. As far as helping a chick out of the shell, I don't do it either. I've tried a couple of times and it's never ended well.

 

[sandmbaker]

well I dont know about everyone else but Im ready for an update on the situation.

 

[LaynaDon95]

well I dont know about everyone else but Im ready for an update on the situation.

x2!