HELP! not moving chick! what do I do?

[Anime2lover]

I am trying to make a decision of putting the egg back under the mother for hatching but I'm afraid the mother will step on it when the chick hatches.
We have Silkies so i'm not sure if it makes any other difference according to the size.
We also have seen how the mother hen acts towards the other chickens in the flock.
Very mean. She attacks all of them but the rooster. all the hens are scared of her.
I'm not sure if she will accept the chick or not...
We don't want to risk the life of the chick, though we also want the mother to raise the chick on her own.
Our broody hen started plucking her own belly feathers a month ago. She clearly has gotten into this whole "broody" thing.
What should I do?

Leave it be to hatch out before moving it under mom at night.

 

[PickChick]

what if we move it with the mom after it already piped (not sure how to spell that, apologies) in the incubator? will that make any difference?

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

what if we move it with the mom after it already piped (not sure how to spell that, apologies) in the incubator? will that make any difference?

DO NOT move it until it hatches. There is a good chance you will upset it and if it is pipped, that means it's membrane is exposed. One millisecond of exposure in this cold weather will dry it out. Then it will become a sticky chick. You will have to help it. Its risk of dying goes up. If it hatches today, put the CHICK under her tonight. If it hatches tomorrow, put the CHICK under her tomorrow NIGHT.

 

[Anime2lover]

DO NOT move it until it hatches. There is a good chance you will upset it and if it is pipped, that means it's membrane is exposed. One millisecond of exposure in this cold weather will dry it out. Then it will become a sticky chick. You will have to help it. Its risk of dying goes up. If it hatches today, put the CHICK under her tonight. If it hatches tomorrow, put the CHICK under her tomorrow NIGHT.

Good advice. I'm successfully moved a pipped chick during the summer without losses, but never during winter. Usually we wait until their all the way out, but that time our power had gone out so we had no choice but to move them when we did.

 

[416bigbore]

Hello and welcome to BYC. You found an Amazing Poultry Community to be a part of, with many knowledgeable members who are willing to help you along your journey with any questions you may have. Enjoy

Good luck with your hatch, please keep us posted.

 

[PickChick]

Alright, I have left it in the incubator…
here is a picture I took of the chick inside the egg.
(our incubator is see through so I didn’t take the egg out of it while taking the picture.)

 

[PickChick]

I played chirping noises to it and the chick is chirping along

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

I had a chick that pipped like that. Instead of zipping he kept making a bigger hole. 24+ hours after the pip he had not hatched so I assisted. I got him all the way out with no blood. He had thin skin on his belly even though all the yolk was absorbed. I could see the yolk and intestines in the belly. While he was still in the egg he constantly chirped. If this guy does not hatch, would you do an eggtopsy and see if it has the problem mine did?

 

[PickChick]

I guess I'll try...
but I have a good feeling it will hatch.
most of the eggs i hatched made their first hole just like this one, none of them had died, in fact they all hatched on their own...
thank goodness your chick hatched with your help though

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

I guess I'll try...
but I have a good feeling it will hatch.
most of the eggs i hatched made their first hole just like this one, none of them had died, in fact they all hatched on their own...
thank goodness your chick hatched with your help though

Oh yeah. Forgot to add he died after. I guess it was an internal problem.