Oy, helping chicks out of shell

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I'm incubating 7 eggs. Two have hatched, no problem, but the first to pip is stuck. The hole that it made is about dime sized and it looks really yellow on the edges of the hole and along the cracks. It's been like this for about 12+ hrs, and pipped first approx 24+ hours ago. Please help! Should I assist and peel some shell back?
 
scubacoz said:
I was just outside in this 100 degree day and my baby chick had chipped away some of the shell but the membrane was dry and stuck to the baby. So i tried to pull away some of the membrane and it was stuck good. We t inside and got a warm wet washcloth and went outside and carefully chipped away more of the shell and use the warm washcloth to help moisten the membrane and it helped. Then I cleaned baby off a little and it ins now under a light it appears very tire and is breathing pretty fast. Time will tell if it lives. Has anyone had any problems with the peeps legs being spread out? And feet curled? If so what is the reason for that ?
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I have had chicks born with the legs spread out and I believe there are articles on here about splayed legs and such. You can cure this yourself by using medical tape and taping the legs together, you must tape them so they are just a bit wider than if they were straight down from chicks body. To narrow will not work. I trim the tape before using it to 3/8 width by around 4 inches long. You have to do this within the first couple days after chick is born. Your retraining the chicks brain. I leave tape around the legs for a week. The tape goes just above the feet around each ankle. Look this up on internet for photos. It worked for me. Still have the barred rock and she walks perfectly.
 

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