Mom stepped on egg. Premature chick. Help.

[DooryardChickens]

Yesterday I found that Mama had stepped on one of her eggs she was sitting on. She's successfully hatched 3 on her own so far. I thought I'd let nature take it's course and see if Mom would continue to sit on it. Well she pecked at it so hard I was scared she'd kill it. So I took it away. Now I have it sitting in a little Tupperware container with moist paper towels and a heat lamp on it. The poor little thing is just laying there, wiggling and peeping now and then. She's still in the same position she was 24 hours ago. I'm not sure if I'm doing the right things or not. I'd really like to save her. Any help would really be appreciated. I have pics, but don't know how to include them with this post.

 

[fordmommy]

For your pics. You first have to upload them. Click on upload near the top of the page. Browes through your files and find the one you want to upload. Open. Submit. Hit go back on the bottom right hand side of screen. Then My Uploads. Copy the Image section by right clicking and copy. Then you can add it to you post by pasteing in where you want it.

Sorry I can't give you advise on the baby. But sometimes it's best that it goes. And know that you tried to save it.

 

[Rootball]

If its already out of the egg it wont need any humidity.

From my experience with quitters and helping chicks, if the chick has internally pipped by itself they usually seem to do ok if you help them out of the shell. If it never went through the spasms which cause it to internally pip, then it seems like they can stay alive for days but never develop the motor skills it needs to live (walking, opening eyes etc.)

I think you said that 3 had already hatched, and so maybe it was already internally pipped, but from your description of it being in the same position and not moving, but peeping a lot, it sounds like the type that wont make it.

edited to add:

I remembered some of these chicks that seemes to lay about if helped, but when a healthy brother or sister comes along the activity incites them to live. Hard situation with a broody, but you might keep it alive and then when another chick hatches naturally put it back in the nest with the other newborn and see if it helps.

 

[DooryardChickens]

Thank you so much for the advice. I was able to upload the pic but cannot copy & past. Ugh... Oh well. I'm going to go get a healthy chick and put it near the tiny one. Will let you know.

 

[DooryardChickens]

No luck with a healthy peeping chick beside her......

 

[DooryardChickens]

Baby didn't make it.

 

[fordmommy]

I'm so sorry that your baby didn't make it. Like I said before, sometimes it really is for the best.