Membrane turning brown

[Skipper81]

I have eggs hatching today and noticed 1 pipped on the bottom. I did some research and decided to flip it over.
My question is if the membrane is turns brown and chick doesnt seem to be making progress and movement has seemed to substantially decrease the external pip happened sometime between 12-18 hrs ago. The other eggs pipped around same time and have hatched. is there anything i should do ?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Can you post a pick?
Have you candled the egg?

 

[Skipper81]

 

[Skipper81]

I can see the chick is moving my concern is it got stuck

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

What is the humidity at?

You can gently peal back some egg shell and apply a bit of coconut oil or Neosporin and see if there are any veins showing in the membrane..
Just go slow.. chip it away in small pieces.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Also.. if you can see its beak, is it opening and closing it like chewing?

 

[Skipper81]

Yes it's opening and closing beak like it's chewing 3 hrs ago but now there is not much movement do i remove it from the incubator

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Ok. Thats really good. No more chewing is a good indication that its fully absorbed the yolk..
Yes, take it out long enough to chip some shell away so you can see whats goin on in there, lay it on a soft cloth so there's less chance of dropping it. Dont let it get cool tho and be sure to close the bator while you have it out.

 

[L1sa]

Yes, I would very slowly chip away some of the shell like @Fields Mountain Farm suggests and put it back in. You are just very gently helping it out, a small bit at a time. There is an article on this site that talks you through assisting.

Good luck

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Yes, I would very slowly chip away some of the shell like @Fields Mountain Farm suggests and put it back in. You are just very gently helping it out, a small bit at a time. There is an article on this site that talks you through assisting.

Good luck

This one is my absolute go to!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/