Fully developed chick did not hatch - Help!

I think you want to give them a day to get their feet and legs under them, but if those are deformed feet that's probably another reason why it didn't hatch. Hatching is nature's first "survival of the fittest" test, and that chick would not have made the cut without your help.

The fluff is sticky possibly due to lower humidity during hatching, and the wet/stickiness is why it looks like it doesn't have enough fluff.

The feet can be fixed with a little chicken orthopedics. Get some band aids and make little boots, you can search on here for instructions or Google it.

The crooked beak at this early is not a good sign, it means the bones are deformed and as the chick grows it could get severe, depending on where the deformity is. You'll just have to keep an eye on it. I had one that developed a crooked beak by week 2 and by week 10 it had to be euthanized due to being unable to eat.

Also, using the weight method for tracking egg development does require an electric scale that measures to at least 1 gram. Mine goes to .01

Thank you so much for your info I will give it until tomorrow and see how it does and then I guess go from there. Thank you so much!

Ok he is up and standing! Fluffed out as well. One foot is finally flat but the big toe is crooked. The other was curled so I taped it to see if that helps, each toe is taped individually and the zebra bandaid is for reinforcement. He has been chirping like crazy and likes to burry his head in my hand or neck. I've been trying to see if he will eat or drink but nothing so far. His bottom beak is slightly off from the top but function seems to be just fine.

Poor baby. Are his eyes open? He looks pretty miserable hopefully he'll start wanting to eat and drink soon but he's got a couple days.

Also, what's on his head?

Ik poor thing! Yes his eyes are open, and he had red feathers around them?? I am hoping he starts to eat and drink soon as well(don't want to make that hard desicion)! I honestly do not know I am thinking its something from the egg? But not sure! It is hard and seems stuck to its head and I wasnt sure if I should try and wipe it off or not?!

Good luck Ket. I hope he/she's OK. I found that if I can get them out of the egg (and past two days) things go pretty easily from there on.

So much for mother nature knowing best! (Arhum).

Smidoid said:

Good luck Ket. I hope he/she's OK. I found that if I can get them out of the egg (and past two days) things go pretty easily from there on.

So much for mother nature knowing best! (Arhum).

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Thank you! I hope so too! Well lets shoot for getting past day 2 right mother nature doesn't know everything lol! Plus this little one was literally going to try to get out until he died. When I was helping him hatch he was pushing and pushing to get out!

I know your post is from 2012 but I just thought that the band aid you put on your little chicks leg was adorable! I hope he/she survived. I'm incubating chicks and they're due today. The last ten never hatched so I'm quite anxious

dangit wish i saw this thread earlier 1/4 hatch, day 23 now...ugh.. days 1-18 @ 45-60 humidity.10 pheasants coming into lock down under roughly same conditions. have tried to immediately kill the humidity but i fear the same outcome... fingers crossed

dani2 said:

I would try increasing your humidity by adding a wet sponge or other water source. The big thing if it is not working change something the next time around.

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I had 3 fully developed chicks..they died inside shell..I thought temp 99.5-100°was good and humidity was at 65%.. two did hatch at 23days… any helpful hints.. possibly candled too much?