15+ hr pip

[Madie'sOddFlock]

I know that it can take a while for a chick to zip after it's pipped but my protocol is to usually go in and assist after 12ish hours. Since this egg has been pipped for at least 15 hrs. I decided to go in this morning and assist. All I did was peel away about a dime's worth of shell and then I wrapped it in a warm wet paper towel. I can hear chirping, but when I peeked in the tiny hole in the membrane, I couldn't see the beak and it feels like the beak is tapping somewhere else, I just don't know where. I didn't want to tear away any membrance because there was clots of blood around the edges of the chick-made tear. Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Madie.

 

[Kiki]

I say stop and wait until the 24 hour mark.
I'm not sure but I don't think wrapping it in a wet paper towel is a good idea.

Do you have calibrated instruments in your bator?
( Thermometer and humidity gauge)

 

[RodNTN]

Water will dry out, use coconut oil (any oil will do). Good luck!

 

[2 many chickens]

Water will dry out, use coconut oil (any oil will do). Good luck!

Yep!
And if you don't have that on hand, neosporin without pain relief is good at keeping it moist.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

So now it's been over 24 hrs. the chick repiped in another spot, and I had to help it out a little bit but didn't do anything drastic. I guess I'll update as the day goes on.

 

[Kiki]

So now it's been over 24 hrs. the chick repiped in another spot, and I had to help it out a little bit but didn't do anything drastic. I guess I'll update as the day goes on.

It's out all the way now?
Did it absorb all of the yolk?

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

It's out all the way now?
Did it absorb all of the yolk?

Not all the way out, but enough to let it breathe, the membrane had dried over the nostrils, just enough that it was gasping when I got to it.

 

[Kiki]

Do you have Nutri-Drench on hand?

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Do you have Nutri-Drench on hand?

Considering that 1. I don't know what that is and 2. I've never heard of it, I don't have it.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Ok, I take back what I said before, we are now completely out of the shell, although some of the yolk is still yet to be absorbed... which I find a little odd, but I wouldn't be surprised if the other chick that hatched yesterday(haven't taken it out because I don't want to leave it alone in the brooder) assisted it a little bit. I now have it partitioned off from the other chick with a little cardboard divider, and have it wrapped in new wet paper towels... we'll see how this goes.