Help! Shrink wrapped?

[10acrefarm]

Our last hatch was not very successful. We hatched 10/29 The humidity dropped over night.
We’ve been extra cautious and checking humidity throughout the night and have had a better hatch. Currently 16/23. The remaining eggs- one we didn’t think would hatch, couldn’t see an air pocket prior to lockdown. The other 6 eggs have not pipped. We are on night 21. I decided to candle one egg when I pulled chicks- VERY quickly. It looked shrink wrapped but I could see movement. I pipped the air pocket, careful not to disturb the inner membrane. Chick is breathing but sac is tight. Should I open it?? And should I check the other eggs??

Humidity was 75-80% until hatching started and has since been around 90%. We have not added more water.

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

Personally haven't incubated before, but I'll get this on recent so someone else can see it.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Moisten the membrane with a bit of cooking oil so you can see where any blood vessels lie. Once you've found a good spot, where there doesn't appear to be major blood vessels, open that membrane, then with a hand underneath, let gravity birth that chick into your hand, careful to not allow the baby to break the umbilical cord if it's still firmly attached to the shell. If the shell pulls away freely, great! If not, put shell and chick back into the incubator to allow it to dry up (can take up to 24 hours, depending upon how immaturely this chick is being birthed). If after 24 hours the chick is still attached to the shell by its umbilical cord, cut the cord with SHARP scissors as close to the shell, as far away from the chick, as possible.
Best of luck with your new feathered family.

 

[10acrefarm]

Moisten the membrane with a bit of cooking oil so you can see where any blood vessels lie. Once you've found a good spot, where there doesn't appear to be major blood vessels, open that membrane, then with a hand underneath, let gravity birth that chick into your hand, careful to not allow the baby to break the umbilical cord if it's still firmly attached to the shell. If the shell pulls away freely, great! If not, put shell and chick back into the incubator to allow it to dry up (can take up to 24 hours, depending upon how immaturely this chick is being birthed). If after 24 hours the chick is still attached to the shell by its umbilical cord, cut the cord with SHARP scissors as close to the shell, as far away from the chick, as possible.
Best of luck with your new feathered family.

Thank you for the advice! I followed your advice and chick came out great...chirped kicked and rested. Unfortunately, this morning it was dead. Not sure what happened. It looked fully developed and yolk sac was absorbed. Guess it just wasn’t meant to be

 

[Ebony Rose]

That's the way of it sometimes. Nature has a way of selecting. **hugs**