Help please

[Dragonbabe]

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Welcome to byc!! Glad you could join the Flock! Let me know if you need anything!

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Dragonbabe hold on and let’s see if @Texas Kiki is still on.

 

[Kiki]

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Thanks.

Can you see the bill/mouth in this hole?

Is he moving his mouth at all?

 

[Kiki]

@Dragonbabe hold on and let’s see if @Texas Kiki is still on.

I'm back, sorry...I stepped away for a minute.

 

[Dragonbabe]

I'm back, sorry...I stepped away for a minute.

He is moving his mouth lots and chirping lots.

 

[Kiki]

He is moving his mouth lots and chirping lots.

If he is opening and closing the mouth often he is probably still absorbing the yolk.
I do not think I would open any more just yet.
I think as long as he is still moving the mouth I would wait.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Sounds like it's shrink wrapped. Raising the humidity is a good thing. Hopefully it will help soften the membrane.

I had several shrink wrapped hatches last year (wood heat made it impossible to keep the humidity up). The one thing I learned is to not help it. I soaked the chicks and gradually and gently removed the membrane and shell as they loosened. They made it through the procedure, but did not thrive. So, I've learned to let mother nature take its course. If they're meant to survive they'll find a way out.

 

[Dragonbabe]

Spray water on it asap! The membrane is drying out and it probably is stuck to it. This happens a lot and thus why you shouldn't open incubators too early/move the chicks when they're hatching from their mother. The humidity is what helps them break out of their shell

Hi thanks. I only opened and assisted on advice from an article.

 

[Dragonbabe]

I’ve just been tol

Sounds like it's shrink wrapped. Raising the humidity is a goid thing. Hopefully it will help soften the membrane.

I had several shrink wrapped hatches last year (wood heat made it impossible to keep the humidity up). The one thing I learned is to not help it. I soaked the chicks and gradually and gently removed the membrane and shell as they loosened. They made it through the procedure, but did not thrive. So, I've learned to let mother nature take its course. If they're meant to survive they'll find a way out.

d to lower the humidity

If he is opening and closing the mouth often he is probably still absorbing the yolk.
I do not think I would open any more just yet.
I think as long as he is still moving the mouth I would wait.

ok thank you. This is my instinct after reading lots of conflicting advice so I will watch and wait.
Misting has been suggested and coconut oil on the bleeding membrane. Any thoughts on this please. I really am hating opening the incubator and interfearing.