Live chick in trouble - graphic pics - help!

[Cherlyn]

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Nope, not touching the inner membrane. Question, though - when I put the damp towel in with the egg, the humidity shoots up to 80-plus. What then? Just keep taking the top off every few minutes to bring it back down? The temp has stayed steady, even while quickly removing the top.

~Cherlyn

 

[amyquilt]

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This is my advise, as well. There is a hole in the membrane, so it is getting oxygen to breathe.

I've had one that did the same thing, actually my very first egg to hatch. She's now a GORGEOUS frizzle pullet, hatched on 12/28.

 

[daisychick]

I was wondering if there was a hole in the membrane so it could breath? If there is one then I would just keep it moist and wait and see.

 

[Guitartists]

If it's alive and chirping... it may just make it.... As to the high humidity... obviously drowning in the egg is not an issue... but I don;t know if high humidity will impede yolk absorption???? Hopefully some of our seasoned hatchers will come by and offer some more advice

 

[Cherlyn]

Wow, this little guy is going crazy trying to get out of the membrane! So, what happens if he gets out and does not absorb the yolk??

 

[zigzag3337]

You might run your humidity up a bit more. I just hatched my firs chick and from the the time of the first pip to the hatch was about 21 hours. I wanted to help it so bad, but it finally came out on it's own.

I had my humidity running around the 70% range and the bator was sweating. So I'm sure you need to keep plenty of moisture on him.

Another thought, can you keep misting him without opening the bator? When you open it, the air will cause the sack to get sticky, which will cause him to dry out.

 

[Cherlyn]

Kind of a catch-22, i think. I need to open the top to mist it, but opening it can dry it out which makes it need more misting.

Yeeek. I just dunno what is going to happen... going to be a very sleepless night for me.

~Cherlyn

 

[amyquilt]

If you have a piece of fabric such as flannel or similar, I would use that instead of paper towel. I have found it holds the dampness longer without drying out from the heat in the bator. I would just cover the end of the egg with the yolk sack with the damp towel and leave the end with the head very loosely covered so the chick can get out on it's own. If you see the yolk sack has absorbed, then I would help it out of the membrane, head only, though, then see if it can get out the rest of the way on it's own.

Yes, you have a long night ahead of you ;-)

 

[hinkjc]

At this point you need to keep the bator closed and keep the humidity as high as possible. That membrane is going to dry out fast and if the chick makes it, will be glued fast to it. I personally don't think this chick will make it and typically helping is not a good thing as I'm sure you realize now. I would think the chick needs the solid surface of the egg shell to turn and finish "pipping". Absorption of the yolk occurs during this process. Since the process has been broken, I don't know how the chick will turn or absorb to complete "hatch".

eta - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=48726

 

[Cherlyn]

So, does anyone know what happens to the chick if it breaks out of the membrane without absorbing the yolk?

~Cherlyn