CindyinSD
All will be well, and that will be well is well.
I would run slightly warm water over it until the membrane softened enough to come off. If needed I'd add a drop or two of Dawn. I would do whatever it took me to free the chick, whether it involved a few careful snips with scissors or a bath and gentle scrub with a toothbrush, etc. After the wetting I would gently towel it off a bit and put it back into the incubator to dry. TBH, I don't know if this is right, but doing nothing isn't working well at all, so unless something better comes along, this is what *I* would do. You think it over and, absent better ideas from elsewhere, figure out how to at least try and help your little guy.Stucky #2 made it out no worse for wear and is bumbling around, but #1 isn't doing so hot. Anything else I can do about the glued down piece of dried up membrane? It hasn't softened at all and the poor bub is trying to move around but failing miserably. Can't tell if it's also a wry neck, or just weak and tired from being stuck so long, but I've set it in a cup for now because it keeps flopping onto it's back and getting stuck on the membrane like a turtle shell. At least this way it can stay right side up and rest.