Help with egg!

[luclynn]

I have a black americana chick stuck in its egg. It pipped three days ago, and hasn’t made any progress since. Its siblings have hatched and are doing great. I know it’s still alive because its peeping and rattling the egg. Earlier today, I carefully tried to peel off some of the shell, and used an old paint brush to dampen and soften the membrane (I never break the membrane myself i always leave that to the chick to avoid breaking a vein). That seemed to encourage it a little more and it looks like it trying to start unzipping. Do yall think it’ll live? Should I try anything else?

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hello! Can you post pictures? Did the chick pip externally at all?

What did the membrane look like when you peeled it?

 

[luclynn]

Hello! Can you post pictures? Did the chick pip externally at all?

What did the membrane look like when you peeled it?

When I peeled the shell back, the membrane still had a little bit of visible veins and seemed maybe a little on the dry side. That’s why I tried to dampen it. The picture was taken recently and the chick did make some progress after I helped it, but not a lot. There’s some small dry, tan parts that formed on the membrane but I’m not too worried because it hasn’t spread at all. Now, the veins that I could see before have receded, and the chick is still peeping and wiggling.

Oh also yes it had externally pipped, but three days ago.

 

[SmiYa0126]

It's good that the veins receded. Do you want to assist more or are you ok waiting?

 

[FarmerGirl101]

You may need to start helping as it is normal for them to take a while to hatch but 3 days is a long time.

 

[luclynn]

It's good that the veins receded. Do you want to assist more or are you ok waiting?

Should I assist more? The chick started unzipping one way but then turned around and it now unzipping the opposite direction. I’m a little confused but it’s still alive and peeping. I’m surprised it’s still alive, it pipped four days ago now.

 

[luclynn]

You may need to start helping as it is normal for them to take a while to hatch but 3 days is a long time.

Alright thanks I’ll help the poor baby.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi! I would finish the zip the take the cap off and let her push out.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hey! Did baby make it?

 

[luclynn]

Hey! Did baby make it?

Yes it did! I turned on the shower and sink in my bathroom to make it really humid and warm and continued to use the paint brush to soften the membrane and unzipped for it. Then it was still kinda 1/4th of the way in the shell and I saw that it still had some yolk to absorb so i left it alone in the bator overnight and it was out in the morning! However its foot was kinda deformed and its missing feathers in its back. I’ve seen missing feathers in its siblings too, and another chick i had to help also had bad feet. Could the bad feet somehow be connected to its poor hatching ability? After a day or so its foot did start taking the right shape, although one of his toes bends the wrong way lol its kinda creepy.