how to help if yolk isn't absorbed

[FromChictoChick]

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had a chick like that sent from meyers, it didn't make it, but maybe if you separate it and let it rest, I had a baby turkey like that once, but it was more just a belly button.

sometimes that happens if they get help.

 

[gimmie birdies]

oh by the way the turkey did make it.

 

[FromChictoChick]

She pipped yesterday then struggled for about 24hrs. While I was out the humidity dropped in the incubator and the membrane started to shrivel and suffocate her then it was stuck like this

 

[gimmie birdies]

the membrane should shrivel and get smaller, don't try to cut it off leave it be and see what happens.

 

[gimmie birdies]

the chick needs it to dry up so take it out.

 

[gimmie birdies]

If you leave the chick in a moist hatcher, with the membrane it will not go away.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

update! there is info here on navels yolk sacks https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis