S.O.S. MY FRIEND GAVE ME EGGS TO EAT AND ONE IS PEEPING

[CactusAdjacent]

I've been holding off on birds until my run is finished but. Here we are. What do I do with the egg, what do I do when it starts to hatch, how do I keep it alive for all of 2 seconds after. Expediency appreciated

 

[SnackMeat]

Candle it. It's peeped inside but sounds like it hadn't zipped. You can put a tiny air hole in the wider end of the egg, in the air sac. It's likely got a dry membrane. If you have an incubator, put it in and max the humidity as high as you can go.

If not, if you have a heating pad, heating bottle, similar (or even a warm part of the house, say by a window with direct sun and it's hot where you are, you can put it in a nest of towels, with some wet sponges nearby. Or set up heating pad and nest and put in bathroom and run the shower for steam.


If you have a little bottle mister, misting it can help. When it zips it may have bits of membrane stuck to it so you would want to spray where you can, avoiding the beak. You can take a qtip and dip in save-a chick and have it drink but I wouldn't do that unless you think it's been hatching for days with no progress.