A baby chick was born in my house tonight! What should I do?

@TheHorse (216607)
Walnut Creek, California
October 16, 2024 11:42pm CST
All I wanted was a snack before bed. I cooked up some bacon, and found my eggs in the fridge. One seemed to be glued to the carton. I wrote it off as "two days of MyLot earnings." I grabbed a different egg, and it would not yield to my cracking attempts. Bang bang bang. Edge of the frying pan. It felt heavy. I thought I was just tired and weak. Today is my long day at Guitar Center. But then the cutest baby chick rolled out. It looked cold, but it was breathing. I boiled some water and took out my decorative rooster towel. I covered the chick up. It is starting to peep in my bathtub, and I don't know what to do with it. Would the Lindsay Wildlife Museum consider a baby chick to be "indigenous"? Are the hens around here being trollops? Am I hallucinating again? What would you do with a baby chick in your bathtub? Disclaimer: Parts of this post are actually true.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (469488)
• Switzerland
21h
Your story is nice, but if you kept the eggs in the refrigerator no one is going to ask that he chick could be alive inside the egg, the cold kills the embryo.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (469488)
• Switzerland
20h
@TheHorse My grandparents always had chickens, I remember granny keeping the eggs that she wanted to hatch under a lamp to keep them warm.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
21h
Must you be to "literal"? Natural selection does support "diversity." I believe this was an "arctic chicken."
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Gayle Harrelson
@2ndchances24 (8219)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
14h
After I read this post I was thinking the same thing so this is 1 of them off the wall post.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (35720)
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21h
Umm..just how much of that single malt have you had this evening, my friend?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
21h
I can't remember. But I will go grocery shopping tomorrow.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (35720)
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21h
@TheHorse Have another drink, and the baby chick will probably evolve into a turkey.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
@MarieCoyle This made me laugh. Thanks. I would rather it evolve into a French girl who loves classical music.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (164980)
• Boise, Idaho
20h
Keep it warm and feed it. I would not a baby chic in my bath tub.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (164980)
• Boise, Idaho
Just now
@TheHorse ......The bathtub is a good place to keep animals. How nice to be able to save it and give it back to the wild.
marguicha
@marguicha (221452)
• Chile
19h
Dearest Pony: Do you, by any chance, remember what did you smoke just now? Quantity? Quality? The chick story would be perfect if if could be true. I myself would ask you to send me 5 or 6 of your eggs. But you could even get rich selling them there.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (469488)
• Switzerland
18h
@marguicha I told him the same, nice story, but surely not true.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (469488)
• Switzerland
10h
@TheHorse - In the past you could find a fertilized egg when you bought. Now all eggs come from egg farms and there are only hens there.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
I just had an egg with some bacon. Fortunately there were no baby chicks involved. Maybe I'll get my next batch of eggs at Trader Joe's.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (138935)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21h
I only think you getting an egg is true the rest is made up. It is ok we believe you.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
Sometimes my fantasy life is more fun than my real life. I really did encounter an egg that would not break.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (337535)
• Rockingham, Australia
18h
I enjoyed reading this. I kept a little chicken warm in the bottom of a sock once - after I'd taken my foot out. It turned out to be a hen but by then she'd been called The Beak.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
Did she become one of your ranch pets?
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160242)
• United States
5h
Hallucinating for sure. I once took a banty (bantam) egg out of our fridge to take to my room to hatch. I got caught. We were babysitting chickens for someone.
BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (46885)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12h
"Parts of this post are actually true." The part about cooking up some bacon?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
i really did encounter an egg that felt heavy and would not break for me. I tossed it and grabbed another.
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much2say
@much2say (55118)
• Los Angeles, California
10h
The chick rolled out into the frying pan? May I suggest a few leftover vegetables and some soy sauce for a quick stir fry . Luckily we have a local mom and pop pet store that carries wee chicks . . . I'd ask them what do I do with it!
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much2say
@much2say (55118)
• Los Angeles, California
1h
@TheHorse Yep, they are so darn cute - when they are so teeny and fluffy. We don't bring them home either, but the kids would love that.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
9h
When I see baby chicks (usually at the feed store) I just go "aw." But I do NOT bring them home.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
Just now
@much2say At the pet store, they are beyond the cute and slimy stage. Heh. I can see why the littlies (humans) cannot resist them.
Always smiling
@allknowing (134094)
• India
16h
Interesting story as I only know hatching is done under the brooding hen.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (134094)
• India
3h
@TheHorse A spoilt egg surely What did you do with it finally?
The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
Mostly fantasy, but I really did encounter a heavy egg that would not break.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50028)
• United States
12h
If this was a possibility it would so GROSS me out.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (104153)
• Marion, Ohio
12h
I think you need to cut back on what you are smoking and drinking
rakski
@rakski (118270)
• Philippines
17h
you should adopt it
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rakski
@rakski (118270)
• Philippines
4h
@TheHorse hah! I love Looney toons!
The Horse
@TheHorse (216607)
• Walnut Creek, California
11h
Hah! If I can find it, I'll link you to a cartoon I loved as a kid. Right now the baby chick is sleeping on Kitty's back to stay warm!
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (78786)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6h
If indeed you had a live chick I would give it to Kitty to have a chance at being a Mama,
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (174650)
• United States
16h
I don't believe you. If it's true, I hope you take it to some farmer. Have a good day.
Some Witch
@somewitch (942)
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15h
Oh, I wish. I hope the bathtub is empty. It's a chick after all, not a duck. I tried to brood an egg when I was a kid, but it came from the fridge and wasn't fertilized, so it didn't work. It would have been an amazing experience otherwise, I would have loved to have a chick running around and calling me "mom".