A baby chick was born in my house tonight! What should I do?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (228128)
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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17 responses
@2ndchances24 (10595)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
17 Oct
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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@MarieCoyle (45633)
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17 Oct
Umm..just how much of that single malt have you had this evening, my friend?
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@MarieCoyle (45633)
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17 Oct
@TheHorse
Have another drink, and the baby chick will probably evolve into a turkey. 
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@TheHorse (228128)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Oct
@MarieCoyle This made me laugh. Thanks. I would rather it evolve into a French girl who loves classical music.
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@celticeagle (176432)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Oct
Keep it warm and feed it. I would not a baby chic in my bath tub.
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@celticeagle (176432)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Oct
@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.
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@TheHorse (228128)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Oct
@celticeagle Yep, that was a good episode overall.
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@marguicha (227698)
• Chile
17 Oct
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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@LadyDuck (477597)
• Italy
17 Oct
@marguicha I told him the same, nice story, but surely not true.
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@GardenGerty (164423)
• United States
17 Oct
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 (49950)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Oct
"Parts of this post are actually true."
The part about cooking up some bacon?
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@much2say (57651)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Oct
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!
. Luckily we have a local mom and pop pet store that carries wee chicks . . . I'd ask them what do I do with it!1 person likes this
@allknowing (148514)
• India
17 Oct
Interesting story as I only know hatching is done under the brooding hen.
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@xstitcher (34651)
• Petaluma, California
18 Oct
I would keep it away from the cat.
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@TheHorse (228128)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Oct
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 (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Oct
If indeed you had a live chick I would give it to Kitty to have a chance at being a Mama,
@wolfgirl569 (118435)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Oct
I think you need to cut back on what you are smoking and drinking
@LindaOHio (192981)
• United States
17 Oct
I don't believe you. If it's true, I hope you take it to some farmer. Have a good day.
@somewitch (1788)
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17 Oct
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". 
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". 