HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ilovemyduckies]

My broody's eggs were supposed to hatch this week. I went outside today to find one of the eggs was smashed on one side. The chick is still alive, but the yolk sac is not yet absorbed. What do I do?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Either leave it under her or bring it inside and give it a spot around 95 degrees.
I just read about a girl that incubated and hatched eggs with no humidity and a desk lamp in an open cardboard box.

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Either leave it under her or bring it inside and give it a spot around 95 degrees.
I just read about a girl that incubated and hatched eggs with no humidity and a desk lamp in an open cardboard box.

Okay, I've got it in a box with a light. The temperature is at 99 degrees, should I lower it?

I've been trying to give it some extra humidity so it doesn't get shrink wrapped.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

If it's already out of the egg it won't get shrinkwrapped. I like to take it down a few degrees because they're generating some of their own heat. I think a chick's temp is around 105.

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Okay thank you. i just don`t know what to do.

I just don`t know for sure if it will live.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It may or may not. You've done all you can. Give it time. It would be worse if it was already dead. It has a fighting chance now.

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

thanks for your support.

 

[Sphinx]

Is it still in the egg or out?

I'd definitely take it inside and put it in a warm place.

Specifics beyond that depend on if it's still in the egg or not.

I had a broody's egg get smashed a couple days before hatch. We put it in the incubator with extra humidity and it hatched ok and is perfectly healthy now.

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

It's still inside the egg. It's still alive and moving.

 

[esther5]

it needs humidity to stop the membrane drying out. you can lay it on a damp cloth and cover with a damp paper towel. how many days is it till it is due to hatch?