I have an egg that i decided to help......all others had hatched over 24 hours ago and 2 others had shrink wrapped and died. I asumed the same for this one but when i candled it to be sure there was a small amount of movement. Worried that something was not right due to the lateness and the others dying i decided to intervene. I opened the egg up a little bit a discoved he had started to shrink wrap. I managed to free his beak and clear the membrane from around his nostrils.....he began moving around . I wet all of the membrane i could see and placed him back in the bator...this was over 2 hours ago...i have been keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't dry out......my concern is that he appers to be breathing through his mouth. I checked his notrils and they appear to be clear and i don't want to open the egg up any more because there is still a lot of veins. I only open it enough to clear his beak and nostrils. Is there anything else i can do for this little guy? This is my first hatch and i have read every thing i could on here and only intervened after i was sure he wasn't gointo make it if i didn't and now i feel so helpless. And advice would be nice.
