Please Help ASAP! How can I keep this abandoned egg alive?

[pineapple416]

We had a turkey sitting on some duck eggs and decided to let her incubate them since they were already about a week old. The only one left is now over 2 weeks old. The turkey ate the other eggs and I candled the remaining one am I am pretty sure it is still alive. I am trying to find a chicken that can hatch it for the remaining time but until then I need help keeping it alive. I have it under a heat lamp right now and I am misting it for humidity. Can a chick be hatched under a lamp? If so how would I do it? Please help any help I am grateful for. This was the duckling of our old male duck that was killed by a raccoon recently and it is very important to me. Is there anything I can do to help this chick stay alive? Thank you in advance.

 

[K3nzi3]

I've heard of people using Styrofoam boxes with warm towels, a heat lamp, and thermometer.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Please post pictures from the candling to give us a look

 

[Tlmcq]

Here's a link for ideas...heat and humidity is what you need. So a cooler with light bulb and cup of water or box with moist towel, Heating pad on low etc..https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/emergency-incubator-what-have-you-used.690945/
Almost forgot...accurate thermometer temp at 99.5 for still air. Needs to be kept around that temp but under 102. That's Farenheit btw. And turn eggs 3+ times a day. I usually do 5 times a day tho

 

[pineapple416]

It looks a lot darker than it did when I canceled it earlier...I feel like it might be dead...thanks for all the quick responses guys. Here's some pictures of the candeling...

 

[Tlmcq]

Do you see any movement? The air cells look big...how long do they have to go?

 

[pineapple416]

I didn't see a lot of movement, they have about 1.5-2 weeks to go.

 

[Tlmcq]

When they get close it's harder to see in there. There's no harm in trying to save them just in case. You should see some movement if they're alive, if you can stimulate it by moving the light around the air cell to where the lil one is, it should move a lil bit. The first and last pic seems to have very big air sac for 2 weeks to go tho.. could be from not enough humidity during time turkey was sitting tho.

 

[pineapple416]

Okay thanks for the help Tlmcq and everyone else too

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

If your willing to put the time in, go for it! I read an article about how during the early 20th century, farmers started making primitive incubators that heated with an oil lamp!

I had a similar situation, where I tried to incubate one remaining egg of a beloved hen that was taken by a bobcat. But, the egg never hatched...and I had an incubator!

You have great tips from these posters, so give it a try! Keep us posted, we'd love to hear what happens, good or bad. Your sharing, is teaching others.

God Bless!