Double yolk - 1 chick hatched & isnt doing well

jcatblum

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Had a frizzle chick hatch that to my surprise came from a double yolk egg. The other looks like it had started to form but didn't make it far. The chick that hatched is very weak & still attached to the shell. I wanted to take out the shell since I figured the chick that didn't make it would soon start to stink up my incubator. I had already taken the other chicks out about 6 hours before. There are 2 kther eggs but no pips that i can see Wish I could post a pic but I am on my phone!
How long should I give the chick? It looked bad from the moment it hatched knew something was wrong before I even saw that it was a double yolk. Anything else I should do or try?
 
The chick didn't make it through the night. I am really surprised he even made it through the shell. He couldn't really stand & wasn't even chirping. I did have 1 of the other eggs hatch, so now waiting for him to dry out so I can clean up the incubator. When I candles the egg he was in it appeared to dark to see through (the way those darn olive eggs are). I do remember that I thought it was so odd since the shell was the same color as th rest of the frizzles , guess that should have been a sign! My daughter was certain he wasn't going to make it last night, so at least she is taking it well today.
 

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