Help The egg membrane is stuck to the chick back

[stampntam]

Help the egg membrane is stuck to the back of the chick, it will not come off, stuck like glue. What do I do?

 

[GreenGoddess]

If all other eggs have hatched, you can take this chick out and tab a tiny bit of water where the membrane is.. You may need to use a warm damp cloth or paper towel and let it sit on it for a minute or two but once it gets moist, you can pull it off.. Be very gentle though because the chicks skin is very thin...

Goddess

 

[jbowyer01]

You might have to do it in small stages. Make sure you keep the chick warm.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I had one that I shrink-wrapped by opening the incubator during the hatch. It had pipped and started zipping but could not finish zipping. I broke the egg shell off of it, put the chick in a cup of warm water to get the membrane moist, and gentle pulled the membrane off. I then put it back in the incubator to dry off.

The chick still had a lot of gunk on the down after it dried off. I put it and the others with a broody and let her raise them. That chick still had some down plastered down for over a week, but it eventually got clean. That gunk never slowed it down or caused any problems, but the membrane had to come off so it could move freely.

 

[stampntam]

thanks I will try it

 

[dsqard]

I had one that had a piece stuck to it's shoulder area. I just left it for over a day and when I went to gently pull it off it just came off.
ETA - Glad to see that the chick finally got around to zipping and hatching! Congrats!

 

[stampntam]

Thank you, I wish I would have been here to see it, I had to go to work

 

[dsqard]

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There's always the next time!

Is the second one out of the shell yet? Maybe you will be able to see that one hatch if it hasn't yet.

 

[stampntam]

no I missed both, they are both out. The one is nice and dry and the other one is wet so I think I just missed that one, oh well hope to catch the next set. I am addicted!

 

[dsqard]

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Me too and it looks like my DH may have caught the bug as well since he suggested setting more eggs for St. Patrick's Day. I would suggest setting eggs next time on a Friday afternoon? That way it would be likely that they will hatch over the weekend! So glad to hear that both are out of the shells and doing well!