Failed zip. Any hope?

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Woke up to fluffy Ayam Cemani chicks, and then saw this egg. I shined a light on it and watched it for a bit and no movement, and with the leakage, I was pretty sure it was dead. But when I went to remove the egg, it peeped and it tried to move its beak though the dried membrane made movement limited.

I unstuck the membrane from its beak, dampened it along the zipline, and let it to work itself out. But now there's an even bigger issue. I put the chick, still attached to its egg, in another incubator where no chicks can trample it though it's seems quite active now, kicking and peeping, in between periods of resting. I've not had this before and I've hatched out literally thousands of chicks over the years. What's going on with this chick, and is there hope for its survival?

 

[FunClucks]

That looks like either unabsorbed yolk sack or intestines on the outside of its body. Hard to tell with these pics. If you could get a few in better lighting, larger pics of the area, might could tell a bit more what's going on. If it's unabsorbed yolk sack, the chick may be fine after it has time to absorb (few hrs to a day or so). If it's internal organs, there's nothing you can do to fix this.

I had one hatch like that, half the intestines and part of the yolk sac were still present outside its body, and its umbilical hole closed up before I could poke them back inside -there was just too much outside to push it back in. It broke my heart to cull it, but it was either cull or let it die slowly in pain over the next few days/week as its organs necropsied.

A sharp butcher knife and a cutting board, or a strong sharp pair of garden/kitchen shears would be best if culling. Be firm and do not hesitate, make it quick. Any flopping about after is just neurons still firing - if you're quick about it they won't be feeling pain. So sorry this happened - this is the hard part of hatching chicks.