Question??(Chick is just fine!) *Pic added*

[Critter Crazy]

I have a chick that just hatched under my broody hen today, it started hatching yesterday, and didnt finish till tonight. It is peeping and moving around normally, but there is a huge piece of shell stuck to its back! It looks like a turtle. Should I just leave it alone?? do you think it will just fall off?? I tried to gently pull it of earlier, but it is like glued on.

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

That happened to my chick that hatch yesterday hes on my keyboard pecking at keys as we speak, and all I did was pick him up took a pair of tweezers and gently peeled it off, he has unabsorbed yolk so I had to peel it off slowly so I didnt dammage the yolkssdd


If words are messedr rrrr up on here thats pumkin pecking at theyyu keys

 

[ella]

If you decide to remove it, try using warm water to soften the membrane -that is what's sticking to the down- it should slide right off once it gets wet. Make sure the chick is nice and dry and warm then put it back with mom.

 

[Critter Crazy]

No Worries, decided to just wait and see if it came off on its own, and it did! Here is the baby now!!

 

[speckledhen]

Aw, it's gorgeous! Congrats.

 

[barg]

I didnt respond before because I wasnt sure what to say but now I am sure

Grats on the cute chick!