Is this chick in trouble or is this ok? Pictures included.

[donnaboydjones]

Just misted the chick and the entire white lining is super hard. I think it's stuck in there.

It's like it's shrink wrapped in the egg. Ok....what do I do? Do I try to break it out now that I've misted it?

 

[satay]

I would leave it be for a few hours and if nothing further you may have to help it out. For future reference don't open your incubator while they are pipping as you will surely shrink wrap the eggs. What humidity is your bator running at? it should be around 65% humidity for them to hatch.
You can also try a piece of damp paper towel over the crack in the shell. Can you still hear the chick chirping?

 

[donnaboydjones]

I would leave it be for a few hours and if nothing further you may have to help it out. For future reference don't open your incubator while they are pipping as you will surely shrink wrap the eggs. What humidity is your bator running at? it should be around 65% humidity for them to hatch.
You can also try a piece of damp paper towel over the crack in the shell. Can you still hear the chick chirping?

Yes, I've learned the hard way about not opening it. I am using a borrowed 1602N Thermal Air Hova-Bator which allows you to add water in the bottom in three different trays. I dont have a way to check the humidity level. I added more water to it hoping to increase the humidity. It's still chirping....but not as loud as it was this morning. Maybe it's just tired..I'm not sure anymore.
Just mad at myself for opening it each time to remove a chick after hatching.

 

[satay]

Don't be too mad at yourself we all have to learn and all make mistakes while we are doing so. Do you have any eggs in their still waiting to hatch or is that the only one left. You can leave the babies in the bator for up to 48 hours after they hatch before they need to be moved to the brooder. If you have opened the bator a lot of times while this little one was trying to hatch and you now only have that one left. I would suggest you help it out now.

 

[Red Star Rob]

+1

 

[donnaboydjones]

Don't be too mad at yourself we all have to learn and all make mistakes while we are doing so. Do you have any eggs in their still waiting to hatch or is that the only one left. You can leave the babies in the bator for up to 48 hours after they hatch before they need to be moved to the brooder. If you have opened the bator a lot of times while this little one was trying to hatch and you now only have that one left. I would suggest you help it out now.

I misted the chick that was stuck in the egg last night and tried to break a little bit of shell, but I was really scared of killing it in case it just wasn't ready, I sprayed it some more and then went to bed. At 6;00am this morning I checked and there still wasn't any progress, but the chick was still chirping. I tapped the egg with my tweezers in a circle way starting where it had started to pip. The entire time it's chirping LOUDLY and kicking while I'm freaking out afraid at any moment I was going to kill it and visions of premature assisting was in my head.
The shell where the chicks head was at was completely sealed to it. I had to keep soaking to get off being careful not to drown it. I finally got the shell of , but then had to run warm water to get its head unglued from its body and unglued its wing.
I've had it back in the incubator ever since and it hasn't stopped chirping. Get this....now another egg is pipping, but I'm NOT opening that lid.
I had a total of 12 Americana eggs from my hen and rooster, but with them being blue and green, I wasn't able to see anything when candling therefore, I wasn't sure which were vital , or even fertilized. Right now I have 5 in the brooder, the "lucky" one in the incubator and the one pipping. I'm not sure about the others, but at this point, I'm too worried about hurting anymore to check.
Once again, THANK YOU for helping me. This site is my life support when I have questions or problems and I appreciate people like you who take the time to help.

 

[donnaboydjones]

You can mist the whole egg--it helps to up the overall humidity in addition to getting the membrane itself wet.

I actually think the slicked down heads are normal and will eventually poof up but I could be wrong about that! lol

Wanted to let you know that you were right about the slick heads. They are all poofy and adorable this morning!!

 

[satay]

Well done.

 

[Bellatrixed]

Wanted to let you know that you were right about the slick heads. They are all poofy and adorable this morning!!

Awesome! I am glad, and hope the little guy you helped out of the shell is still okay!

 

[tristancolli]

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