HELP i have an egg that has a quarter sized hole in it

[lindasmom]

I was removing my broody hen and this egg fell and now has a hole in it. The chick is alive and moving, both membranes are broken and the chick is breathing. Do i take it out of the shell or leave it. One egg that was with it hatched 2 days ago and im not sure what day it is. I have 3 other viable eggs that have not hatched either

 

[Pyxis]

Where did the egg break? In the air cell? Don't go taking the shell off, unless it's ready to hatch it will bleed out and die and will still have yolk to absorb. Can you get it in an incubator?

A picture would be really helpful if you can get one.

 

[eggbert420]

X2 on the picture.

 

[lindasmom]

Hold on ill get a picture

 

[lindasmom]

Can upload a pic with chrome so im downloading another browser but it happend on the air sack end the chicke is wiggling and chirping and pecking but there , is no shell there. Then it broke there was only a drop of blood

 

[Pyxis]

Do you have an incubator or only the hen? An incubator would be preferable so you can keep an eye on it because depending on how it broke it might need help hatching when the time comes.

 

[lindasmom]

Yes it now in the incubator along with the others the hen has stoped sitting and is just taking care of her one baby

 

[Pyxis]

Excellent, keep an eye on it. When I see the picture I can tell you more, but for now you're going to want to get something on the exposed membranes to keep them from drying out and shrinkwrapping the chick. Something like neosporin without pain relief or coconut oil will work great for this.

 

[lindasmom]

I thought that and have been putting a drop of warm water on them

 

[lindasmom]

The white outer membrane on the hole is gone ecept for aroind the edges but the inner is only broken where the beak is