Help! live chick in egg kicked out of nest

[Its Just Us Chickens]

We have 2 hens sitting on the same nest, and they kicked some eggs out. One of them had a live chick in it, the egg was cracked, and there is a little blood showing on the outside of the egg. Help! what do we do with it?

 

[Poonchie's Mama]

Do you have an incubator? If not, stick the egg in your bra!

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

Dh is working on putting together a homemade incubator real fast. What should we do about the egg being cracked and the show of blood between the shell and membrane

 

[rungirl]

A piece of tape?

 

[mljohnson05]

Yes, you can put some tape over the crack...how far out from lock down is it?
If there was not much bleeding then the baby chick may still have a chance......But seriously...until the bator is ready, stick the egg IN YOUR BRA...body heat does wonders for the little ones

 

[zookeeper15133]

How long have they been brooded?

I agree with the other posters.

Keep it in your bra til the incubator is up to temp.

Tape the crack.

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

have lamp on it and have it about 99 to 102........chick is peeping some and moving a bit...leave it in shell or help it out of it.......some one said if membrane dries then it will die......most of the shell is cracked and can see the chicks beak.....

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

You can't see the chick real well in this pic, but it's beak and part of the body are visible. The blood is between the egg and membrane.


There are 2 hens sitting on this nest, I don't know if that's why this poor guy got kicked out or what. I've never had 2 hens on the same nest before.

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

So should we put guaze or tape or anything over it?

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

I'm not sure exactly what day she started sitting on them. But he should be close to hatching any how, if I remember correctly. In the 2-3 week range.