Help! Sticky shrink wrapped chick

[Blondi]

I did a no no and helped the last chick hatch after 26 hrs. I've been able to pull off most of the wrapping a little at a time but it's like its covered in a hard sticky glue. Chick is moving around and peeping but its head is covered with a glue like "shell"

 

[Blondi]

It's uber tiny too, bantam cochin

 

[lightchick]

Can you post a pic? Can he walk?

 

[Blondi]

Not yet just hatched but I got legs and wings free I'll go take a pic I made her more wet because I had to lay her on the sponge to soften the membrane enough to release it

 

[Blondi]

 

[Blondi]

 

[Blondi]

She moving around so much it's hard to get a good pic

 

[Blondi]

She's walking!!! Gonna leave her in the bator to fluff! Hoping for the best!

 

[lightchick]

Great! I think she'll be fine! BTW she's absolutely adorable!

 

[StephensonC]

Once you move her to the brooder, if she is still sorta crusty or matted, you can try gently brushing her with a dry toothbrush a little at a time. She may fluff up on her own in a day or 2. I had one like this and she was crusty around her eyes and beak and I thought maybe she was uncomfortable, so I used a damp q-tip on that area.