Membrane is drying on hatching chicks! Help!

You need more humidity. Add more water immediately. and a warm washcloth around the egg temporarily til you rhumidity gets up

 

How long have the eggs been pipped? If it's been a considerable amount of time (mine was over 24 hours), you may want to decide whether you want to intervene and help, or not.

If you look under the sticky post in Incubating & Hatching Eggs, there are some good posts about whether to intervene with the hatching, and if you do, how to go about it.

I just hatched 8 chicks out and I had to help 2 out because the membrane had dried out around them. Both seem to be doing okay; however, one has curled toes and is not walking very well. Not sure if that one will make it or not.

It is a personal decision as to whether you want to intervene or not.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

I put those on a damp sponge.

 

Ms. Lewis Rich :

I put those on a damp sponge.

I didn't know what to do during my first hatch, so I'm trying to learn for the next one. If you put it/them on a damp sponge, will that increase the humidity too high for the remaining eggs? (Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I have lots to learn...)​

 

Yes it can bring it up too much, I just use it as a last ditch effort with the last having trouble hatching. then I go in and help them . out and that can be a mistake or you can get a chick that was just to large or turned the other way.

 

SL - I hope they make it. That is so frustrating to watch. For me, the two I had to help took all the fun out of the hatch. I was so worried about them, I couldn't enjoy the healthy ones.

I hope you have a great outcome.

 

Sounds like you got it all under control Nice job, Momma