The chick that wouldn't die

[melody123]

Last week I accidentally dropped a an eggon top of another of my eggs in the incubator. My horrible clumsy fingers. The first egg had only been in the incubator for a few days and was dripping, so that poor chicky had no chance.

But the second egg was cracked all the way around and was 14 days into incubation.

The poor egg look like it had been clumsily unzipped.

I candled the little crushed egg, and could see the baby chick inside alive and moving. So I lit a candle and poured hot wax all the way around on the the crack. When the wax cooled, I put the baby back in to the incubator and talked some soothing words to her. (It's okay, your going to make it.)

Last night, the baby chick started to hatch.

I of course was worried about all that wax and tried to strip the wax away, only to end of with dripping blood.

This chick has no luck. So I packed wet cotton balls around the dewaxed spots, making sure to leave the air hole free, and the bleeding stopped. Then I came back every couple of hours and added a little water to the cotton balls so she wouldn't dry out.

Somehow, the baby hatched alive.

She's a cute little barred rock chickie. (yeah) I say she, because I really hope that she's a she since she has now been added to the keep list. But if she's a he, then I end up with an extra rooster. This chicken either has the worst or the best luck in the world.

I really wish I had a working camera. Just imagine a cute little black and white chick who now has a drop of blue Kote on her. ( It's an spray for animal injuries that leaves a blue stain, I put it on her so I can tell her apart from the others.

)

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

Wow!! Shes a fighter!

Sounds like YOU did everything right too...

 

[Mandalina]

go baby chickie!

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

little fighter! Welcome to the world.