Chick stuck to egg

[Sarah1728]

Hi every one my first chick is still stuck to egg with a bulge at but where he is still attached to egg. Is this normal. Has been like this a few hours, should I assist? Don't want to open and lose humidity for other eggs if I shouldnt.

 

[katiek77]

Hi every one my first chick is still stuck to egg with a bulge at but where he is still attached to egg. Is this normal. Has been like this a few hours, should I assist? Don't want to open and lose humidity for other eggs if I shouldnt.

If you are talking about his umbilical cord or yolk sac. If so it can be normal. It usually falls off within an hour or less. Keep it dark to limit its activity. Leave machine closed. This usually happens if hatch humidity is too high.

 

[Sarah1728]

If you are talking about his umbilical cord or yolk sac. If so it can be normal. It usually falls off within an hour or less. Keep it dark to limit its activity. Leave machine closed. This usually happens if hatch humidity is too high.

It's not a machine incubator. It's a still air home made one. Humidity and temp have been fine. I had a broody hen quit after they started growing so we had to hatch ourselves. I'm new to hatching and wasn't sure if thus was normal around butt area

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Hi every one my first chick is still stuck to egg with a bulge at but where he is still attached to egg. Is this normal. Has been like this a few hours, should I assist? Don't want to open and lose humidity for other eggs if I shouldnt.

It's hard to tell when I enlarge the image on my phone but it looks like it may be a small hernia. When they're small it's usually ok. Being that the umbilical cord thingy is still stuck to the shell as well as the slight hernia I would break off the shell around the part actually attached to the cord. This will leave the chick with less to drag around and less likely to make the hernia worse or possibly cut itself on the shell. Since it still looks red you don't want to take a chance of cutting the cord as it could cause bleeding. It's best to let it dry and fall of naturally.

 

[katiek77]

It's not a machine incubator. It's a still air home made one. Humidity and temp have been fine. I had a broody hen quit after they started growing so we had to hatch ourselves. I'm new to hatching and wasn't sure if thus was normal around butt area

The second one I would put into a cup with either a paper towel at the bottom of it or lined with a washcloth. Stick it under a heat lamp and make sure it doesn’t get hotter than 95 degrees. It needs time to absorb it and you don’t want that one to drag around. It could pick up a bacteria infection.

 

[Sarah1728]

He has been just resting since the cord broke. Hasn't been very active since flipping over. Still waiting for any other chicks to hatch

 

[katiek77]

He has been just resting since the cord broke. Hasn't been very active since flipping over. Still waiting for any other chicks to hatch

This is normal. Just keep an eye on him for the next 48 hours and if you have chick vitamins for their water you can use that.