I NEED HELP WITH AN EGG

[Wicked Storm]

So I have this baby, today is his due date. Very small egg and has not made process, very weak and barely alive. I unzipped his egg but he has not torn his membrane at all, no peeping and hardly moving. Do I poke a hole in the membrane where there’s no vessel??

 

[DobieLover]

Oil the membrane with coconut oil. It's shrink wrapped.
@MGG .

 

[Wicked Storm]

Oil the membrane with coconut oil. It's shrink wrapped.
@MGG .

Any alternative? Not sure I have coconut oil

 

[DobieLover]

Any alternative? Not sure I have coconut oil

Do you have any triple antibiotic ointment without pain reliever in it? You can also use that.

 

[Wicked Storm]

Do you have any triple antibiotic ointment without pain reliever in it? You can also use that.

I can check

 

[Wicked Storm]

I can check

Mineral oil wouldn’t work would it?

 

[Wicked Storm]

I just moistened the membrane. If he doesn’t make any progress I might have to open it for him. I’ve watched this guy AChickCalledAlbert do it, but I understand it comes with risks

 

[Wicked Storm]

Little update: more movement, no peeping. Keeping the membrane moist all day with an art brush.

 

[MGG]

It looks like you opened it up too early. It hasn't even internally pipped yet. What kind of egg is it? Did you artificially incubate it and if so, did you use at least one additional calibrated thermometer to check the temp?
The best thing for him would be to run your incubator at high humidity, around 70%. And tape over the hole with any kind of tape. Unfortunately too much intervention has been made already at this point and he probably won't make it.
Never ever open up an egg that hasn't internally pipped yet. The chances of it surviving are astronomically low, and the chances of it dying from being opened too early are way higher than it dying from being malpositioned or whatever.
You never know though, best of luck with your egg. I just wanted to prepare you for if it doesn't make it.

 

[Wicked Storm]

It looks like you opened it up too early. It hasn't even internally pipped yet. What kind of egg is it? Did you artificially incubate it and if so, did you use at least one additional calibrated thermometer to check the temp?
The best thing for him would be to run your incubator at high humidity, around 70%. And tape over the hole with any kind of tape. Unfortunately too much intervention has been made already at this point and he probably won't make it.
Never ever open up an egg that hasn't internally pipped yet. The chances of it surviving are astronomically low, and the chances of it dying from being opened too early are way higher than it dying from being malpositioned or whatever.
You never know though, best of luck with your egg. I just wanted to prepare you for if it doesn't make it.

He’s almost hatched. He was very weak and the membrane had completely shrink wrapped on him. I highly doubt he would have made it if I didn’t open it and keep it moist. My incubator has had problems this season I had posted about it on my last post which is why this egg had shrink wrapped itself. I will be getting a new one this Black Friday I lost two eggs this season from it, the humidity was reading 50 when it was 25%. Baby is doing great though he will be hatching between tonight and tomorrow morning and will get pictures when he does