First timr hatching eggs. PLEASE HELP!

[CrAzYeLiTe22]

ok so i am hatching chicken eggs for the first time. 3 hatched during the night last night and are all fine. Now one hatched and there is still a yoke like substance hanging from the rear side of the chick. What should i do???????

 

[KellyHM]

Leave it alone in the incubator. There's nothing you can do but hope that it dries up on its own. It probably will unless it's huge.

 

[Elite Silkies]

If the chick is still lying down and not up running around this is what I do. I wrap with a moist towel and then I wrap saran wrap around that. That will keep the yolk moist and hopefully the chick will finish absorbing the yolk.

 

[Shiningfeather]

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If you have to do this please get your humidity up if you still have others that need to hatch so their membranes don't shrink around them.

 

[Georgiapea]

Is it the entire chick that's wrapped up in the towel and then saran wrap?

Georgia in Alabama

 

[Her name is Helen]

If the substance is dark yellow like actual egg yolk, then leave it alone and hopefully it will be absorbed. If it looks like a human nose booger or snot, whatever you want to call it, it is a normal occurrence and will fall off by itself. I personally hatch about 4 - 8 eggs a day and I just pull the booger off when I remove the eggshell from the incubator as it just dries up and makes a small mess on the mesh floor. Good luck!