Help! What is this?

Somshine

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Okay so this one hatched later with green goo in the egg and what I believe to be the yolk sac still hanging out. No blood and the others had be removed. So I left it in there. The yellow is gone and the sac looks empty and sticky looks like it was bleeding overnight there's a lot of dried blood in there but I don't see any fresh blood. Can I tie the sack off or is they're a way to remove it? It seems to be a little more tired than the rest but other than that acting normal. It feels like maybe the white or yolk dries all over it.
 

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I was up several times with it last night. The first time it had finally started zipping but it was a very wide gap and seemed very juicy in the egg. So I dozed off on the couch. When I got up it was out of the egg but there was green goo and stringy things hanging from it. I determined what was hanging out of it was the yolk sack but I figured since it was by itself and there was no bleeding I would just leave it so I went back to bed. When I got up one of the other ones that hadn't hatched had hatched out. So I'm thinking maybe it had stepped on it or something? But it's all dried blood there's no fresh blood and the sack is now kind of sticky and definitely not full like it was. What should I do?
 
I was just reading a thread on a duck looks like it's got the same thing going on. This is what it looked like when it first came out
 

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What should I do?
Most likely end up with a naval infection and dying slowly (commonly known as mushy chick syndrome).. culling may be the kindest thing.

Yes, that's supposed to be on the inside.

Sharp scissors, stretch the neck taught, and close firmly.. usually cervical dislocation is instant.. sometime the head comes off.. but usually stays attached.. some flailing otherwise known as the death trow will happen soon after and is not an indicator of live suffering.

Also including my favorite hatching resource which has cause for embryonic failure and other hatch anomalies seen starting around page 50..

https://www.hubbardbreeders.com/media/incubation_guideen__053407700_1525_26062017.pdf

ETA: the description of green goo is the part that's concerning to me and indicative of possible infection.. not just an unabsorbed yolk.
 

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