Was about to throw out egg and it peeped!

[Htxchicks]

So I had one egg in the nest with my broody that I wasn’t sure if it was a quitter. So I put it with my Cochin who was insisting on siting on air! Well I was going to throw it out after it was 5 days past the rest of the hatch. But it had a pip hole. When I took a bit of the shell off from the pip hole the chick peeped! I saw it move a bit the membrane looks very dry…. What should I do!

 

[Htxchicks]

Too high in my opinion. 62% is good enough. You could coat the membrane with a little bit of coconut oil. How much time has passed since the egg pipped?

Did you calibrate the humidity?

No I wasn’t able to calibrate the humidity because I had to take it away from the second broody because she keep moving into a position with the pip upside down. No idea how long it’s been piped. All the other hatch mates pipped Sunday and Monday and by Wednesday momma number one wouldn’t sit anymore. So I gave this egg to my Cochin.

I’ve got it down to lower 60% now. Thanks for advice.

I just saw the chick it has all of its beak outside of the membrane and is slowly working it’s way through! I even saw it’s little eye looking for a second as it was wiggling around making the hole.

 

[Htxchicks]

little chipmunk

 

[Htxchicks]

Not too high, or the chick can drown. How high is the humidity?

Around 65-70 there’s quite a bit of the shell missing is that too high?

 

[Htxchicks]

The visible capillaries in the exposed membrane have drawn in! However lil thing is still making the typical yawning so still absorbing yolk. Seems to be doing well as possible.

 

[Htxchicks]

It’s adorable it’s a buttercup/Amerucana cross and looks to be bearded!

 

[Htxchicks]

Would your broody w the 4 chicks accept it? Sometimes you can sneak the new chick in overnight. Some have reported success. I have to admit it didn’t work for mine. And they were closer in age, just 2 days apart. Mama wasn’t having it.
Raising a single chick is no fun. They need others around them.

This chick is a full week behind I don’t think she would accept it. It’s still drying in the incubator and outside there’s a tropical storm coming so I’m nervous to take a single chick out there. I have a broody Cochin I could give the chick to.

I know some chicks near by hatching the 17th. I could get a pair after the storm passes and give them all to my broody Cochin to raise.

 

[cherrynberry]

This chick is a full week behind I don’t think she would accept it. It’s still drying in the incubator and outside there’s a tropical storm coming so I’m nervous to take a single chick out there. I have a broody Cochin I could give the chick to.

I know some chicks near by hatching the 17th. I could get a pair after the storm passes and give them all to my broody Cochin to raise.

My broody excepted chicks that were 1-2 weeks younger. She raised both batches, 6 chicks. I placed them under her at night and during the day. She LOVES being a mom

 

[JCinNM]

Put it back under your broody or Cochin.

 

[Htxchicks]

Yeah she keeps moving the egg so the pip hole is facing down… I decided to move it to the incubator.