Smashed egg - LIVE chick - NEED HELP ASAP

[TJAnonymous]

If he/she lives, I need a good appropriate name for the little fighter

 

[TJAnonymous]

Is there possibly a way I can make a lubricating spray from coconut oil and water? Every time I try to touch the membrane, it has a snapping/popping sound. I'm really worried it will tear if I touch it

 

[Wyorp Rock]

On the brown egg, I would put coconut oil or bacitracin.
The white one if you can see the membrane, then I'd use Bacitracin if you have it. Since they are dried and papery, warm the oil or ointment a bit (not hot) but made them "liquidy" so they will spread easy.

Not sure if the white one will make it, anything is possible.

 

[TJAnonymous]

On the brown egg, I would put coconut oil or bacitracin.
The white one if you can see the membrane, then I'd use Bacitracin if you have it. Since they are dried and papery, warm the oil or ointment a bit (not hot) but made them "liquidy" so they will spread easy.

Not sure if the white one will make it, anything is possible.

THANK YOU for the feedback...

I think I have some Bacitracin. I will go try to dig it up...

I put a little bit of coconut oil in a bowl on Melt/Soften to get it liquidy and used an eyedropper to drip it onto the membrane. I was very careful to ensure it wasn't hot.

I realize the odds are not good. Just the miracle that he hasn't bled to death already is a bit encouraging but I recognize that the battle is just beginning.

 

[Iluveggers]

Would a flat piece of gauze work as a patch? It is sanitary, can allow air through it.

Not sure how you would attach it to cover the opening.

Maybe a terrible idea. Just throwing it out there since it’s a shot in the dark anyway

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Is there possibly a way I can make a lubricating spray from coconut oil and water? Every time I try to touch the membrane, it has a snapping/popping sound. I'm really worried it will tear if I touch it

They make spray containers for cooking oils when you just want a light covering, they are about $10 at Bed Bath and Beyond here. Put coconut oil in and warm between your hands before spraying. Good Luck

 

[Eggscaping]

In the past (but this was when I was assisting an already pipping chick) I used coconut oil with a very tiny artist-type brush. The membrane will be vascular (active blood veins) until the veins naturally retract. When assisting, I'd remove a tiny bit of WHITE, non-vascular membrane with some very tiny tweezers and assess. If there were vascular veins I'd put it back in the incubator and wait. You have to be extremely careful or you can break the veins that haven't withdrawn yet and bleed out the chick. The problem with yours is that you don't know if the chick was close to pipping on its own. You might try a tiny bit of clear wrap only over as little of the broken area as possible, but that's iffy. If it were me I think I'd lubricate the membrane with coconut oil and just wait. Keep the humidity up. Best of luck, you can't save them all, but sometimes things work out!

 

[TJAnonymous]

In the past (but this was when I was assisting an already pipping chick) I used coconut oil with a very tiny artist-type brush. The membrane will be vascular (active blood veins) until the veins naturally retract. When assisting, I'd remove a tiny bit of WHITE, non-vascular membrane with some very tiny tweezers and assess. If there were vascular veins I'd put it back in the incubator and wait. You have to be extremely careful or you can break the veins that haven't withdrawn yet and bleed out the chick. The problem with yours is that you don't know if the chick was close to pipping on its own. You might try a tiny bit of clear wrap only over as little of the broken area as possible, but that's iffy. If it were me I think I'd lubricate the membrane with coconut oil and just wait. Keep the humidity up. Best of luck, you can't save them all, but sometimes things work out!

I've got the humidity at 63% currently... Should I go higher?

Any guesses on how often I should apply the coconut oil? I was going to assess it every 2 hours or so?


The predicament I'm in now is that my daughter has a play tonight. She will be very upset if I miss it... So I'm going to have to gamble on whether the egg will be fine in the incubator for a few hours. I did put some coconut oil on it with an eyedropper so hopefully that will suffice for a bit

 

[TJAnonymous]

At least a third of the eggshell surface is horribly cracked

 

[Ursuline Chick]

@TJAnonymous Please keep letting us know how things are going or ask if you have additional questions. Thoughts and prayers you and your eggs way.