New chick on the block

[CluckedUpChick]

Hello. Never done this before. Lookinh for clear cut pics on when/ how to assist hatching, how to tell if yolk has absorbed as well as blood. I have 2 red star hens two roos who were randomly given to me and a black hen i dont know what she is but i love her anyway. So first time i hatched with a regular light bulb and got 2 babies YAY! Now im using a real incubator and we had a sad. A baby hatched itself too quick and had yolk attatched. It ripped it off by accident itself and i popped it into a brooder aline so the others wouldnt hurt it but it kept flipping over and died. Now i am watching one who had an external pip last night struggle. * started to assist got scared stopped and put it in the 'bator and jacked the humidity up after wrapping baby in warm wet toilet paper. Had to make do... Didnt have paper towel. Its breathing but not very energetic and im scares for it. Help?

 

[CluckedUpChick]

Also sorry for typos my phone is janky and the screen is cracked

 

[janiedoe]

I'm sorry for your stress. What type incubator are you using? Do you have a humidity and temperature reading?

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and don't rush the assisted hatching.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome and sorry but if the yolk sac broke it is highly likely that poor thing is going to die....whoops...I didn't read correctly. Sorry it died.

Never wrap a chick or an egg in anything wet. Wrapping it wet actually makes it worse.

 

[CluckedUpChick]

I'm sorry for your stress. What type incubator are you using? Do you have a humidity and temperature reading?

It's a little giant. Yes on temp humidity readings. Not sure if humididy is accurate. Heres my little fighter inside

 

[CluckedUpChick]

Welcome and sorry but if the yolk sac broke it is highly likely that poor thing is going to die....whoops...I didn't read correctly. Sorry it died.

Never wrap a chick or an egg in anything wet. Wrapping it wet actually makes it worse.

So much conflicting information on the web.. But its only damp and the first time i had put it back the membrane dried right back up so this stopped that from happening again. Im watching VERY closely with a flashlight through the plastic so i dont drop the humidity. Thanks for the condolences.. That one lil guy was too lively for its own good... I didnt even have a chance to try to protect the yolk it hatched, stepped on it like a raging drunk, and there it went. He kept flipping over and i'd right him but... Yeah... Sad.

 

[CluckedUpChick]

Welcome and sorry but if the yolk sac broke it is highly likely that poor thing is going to die....whoops...I didn't read correctly. Sorry it died.

Never wrap a chick or an egg in anything wet. Wrapping it wet actually makes it worse.

Im sorry that does read like i wrapped the baby wet doesnt it? I didnt.. Just the exposed membrane and it was only Damp because i dont want it to drown

 

[Kiki]

Im sorry that does read like i wrapped the baby wet doesnt it? I didnt.. Just the exposed membrane and it was only Damp because i dont want it to drown

Putting a wet paper towel on a chick or an egg or an a membrane is not good.
If you want to keep membrane moist use a little bit of coconut oil or something similar but not water.
I know it sounds extremely silly but it makes it dry out faster when you put water on it.

 

[Kiki]

So much conflicting information on the web.. But its only damp and the first time i had put it back the membrane dried right back up so this stopped that from happening again. Im watching VERY closely with a flashlight through the plastic so i dont drop the humidity. Thanks for the condolences.. That one lil guy was too lively for its own good... I didnt even have a chance to try to protect the yolk it hatched, stepped on it like a raging drunk, and there it went. He kept flipping over and i'd right him but... Yeah... Sad.

I highly recommend getting a calibrated thermometer or two to make sure your temperature is correct and getting a separately purchased humidity gauge, they sell for like $10 at Walmart, to make sure you're humidity is not too high.
Both of these two things are important when it comes to the chick hatching on time and hatching with an unabsorbed yolk.