Humidity help and chick drying

[Gav20692]

After chick has hatched is it still important to have a high humidity or can this be dropped to allow the chick to dry

He is the last to hatch at 23days out of 6 3 hatched and 2 stopped developing and 1 had no top beak

Thank you

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I just tend to leave it as is and let it drop naturally after the last chick has hatched. As no ther eggs are going to hatch their is no point in my opinion to keep it high. As soon as the last chick looks reasonably dry I will pop it in the brooder. They soon fully fluff up under the heat.

Good luck with your hatched chicks.

 

[Gav20692]

Reason I ask as he’s been hatched a good 3 hours now and still has yolk sack and bottom half of shell attached and even though he keeps attempting to stand he can’t quite get up

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Is it the yolk sac or just the umbilical cord that’s attached to the shell?
Could you post a pic please?

 

[Gav20692]

Difficult to get pic as incubator closed
There is a cord from bottom of chick leading to a small deflated yellow sack then the sack is stuck to egg

Best description I can give sorry

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

If it’s the only chick left you can open the incubator no probs to get a pic.

From what I think you are describing it sounds like a bit of cord & hatch gunk that it attached to the shell. This should come away naturally. Is the chick dragging the shell along?
Some pics here of unabsorbed yolks on chicks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching.64660/

 

[Gav20692]

After you saying I can open incubator I’ve got a pic deflated sack inside shell and membrane

 

[Gav20692]

He is dragging it around however he hasn’t stood up properly yet moving by dragging himself via rolls and beak

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

It does looks like cord & hatch gunk that’s attached to the shell. This should dry up and come away naturally. Please do not pull the cord from its navel as this may cause a rupture.

3 hours is very little time for the chick to be up & walking. So right now that does not concern me. It needs to rest & gather it’s strength.

 

[Gav20692]

See as it’s my first time hatching I thought three hours was long these 2 hatched and half hour later were cheeping/screaming and were everywhere in the baton