NEED HELP ASAP - Chick is stuck

[TJAnonymous]

I have an egg that pipped through a blood vessel early this morning (Day 21). After that, there has been NO progress.

After 12 hrs, I candled the egg. There was movement and the chick was chirping but it didn't seem to be taking up the air cell. Still I put it back in the incubator.

More time has passed (1.5 hrs) and still no progress. I candled again. No change. By this point, I was concerned the chick is shrink wrapped or stuck. I carefully peeled away a bit of the outer shell. I put original neosporin on the inner membrane. Chick IS alive and chirping but can't seem to move.

I'm not sure what to do... I see blood vessels so I don't know what is safe to remove and what isn't. The beak is through the inner membrane but I don't think the chick can turn at all.

Trying to attach a video

 

[yakitori]

I would wait until fhe blood vessels have receded before your perform an assist. Any chewing motions from the chick?
If she pipped through a blood vessel and not into the airsac, she will also need longer before she’s ready to come out. 12 hours after pip is likely too soon to help her...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Trying to share a video of the situation.

https://rumble.com/vk5v74-help.html

 

[Shezadandy]

Have a look at this guide. whick I read before every hatch- sometimes the legs are just in the wrong spot or some such, especially if there's a lot of frustrated movement and chirping without any progress. It has excellent descriptions of how the membrane should look if he's ready to pop out with some help. Usually I take the shell off the top as if the chick had zipped but leave the moistened membrane so they still have to push a little (which is also important for many reasons).

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

 

[TJAnonymous]

Have a look at this guide. whick I read before every hatch- sometimes the legs are just in the wrong spot or some such, especially if there's a lot of frustrated movement and chirping without any progress. It has excellent descriptions of how the membrane should look if he's ready to pop out with some help. Usually I take the shell off the top as if the chick had zipped but leave the moistened membrane so they still have to push a little (which is also important for many reasons).

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Thanks... I have read it in the past but didn't have it bookmarked. I'm leaving the chick for now since it's still absorbing. Here's the latest picture

 

[Kellyjenny]

I think as long as his little beak is out he can breathe he'll start absorbing everything and then you'll start seeing it wanting to come out and moving it's happened to me a lot.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Thanks for the replies.... I was panicking because I had a chick who died a few months ago because he/she was shrink wrapped. Fully developed. Fully absorbed.... But couldn't turn or get out. I wasn't worried until I candled after 12 hours and there was absolutely no progress. It almost looked like the chick couldn't even push into the air cell space at all. I was certain he was shrink wrapped or malpositioned and stuck somehow. At least I know he can breathe and with the neosporin on the membrane, I can see the progress on him absorbing the rest of the blood. I am not as panicked now.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I have 4 chicks that have hatched so far. I took 2 of them out to a broody to see if she will raise them as her own. (She's been sitting for weeks with no luck...)

While I was gone.... Someone made it out of his shell with a bloody mess in his wake..... There's a red blob of something on his bottom.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Chick is still alive this morning but whatever is attached to its bottom is leaving bloody buttprints all over the incubator floor. I haven't had a chance to examine closer and see what it is....

 

[Htxchicks]

Chick is still alive this morning but whatever is attached to its bottom is leaving bloody buttprints all over the incubator floor. I haven't had a chance to examine closer and see what it is....

I had a chick that had a small hole where his cord detached I cleaned it up and sprayed liquid bandage on the spot then left it in the incubator an extra day. Chick is thriving now at 6 weeks.