Only membrane is left on chick, should I help?

[Bananabelle]

Checked in on the hatching eggs, one has hatched so far, but one has me worried. most of the shell has been removed from the membrane, just a few fragments remain stuck to it, but the membrane itself seems to still be in one piece with just a little hole from the pip. I'm not sure if lacking the shell is going to cause problems for the chick. It's still early in the hatching phase and some of the other eggs are either just recently pipped or are working on it and only one is fully hatched so far. This seems like an unusual problem so I just want to know if I need to help it out, or just wait and see.

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture?

 

[Bananabelle]

Here's a picture. He's still kickin' about and the pip hole from earlier is a bit bigger and looks like a little rip now. You can see it near the egg shell to the left in the picture.

Spoiler: Picture

 

[MGG]

Here's a picture. He's still kickin' about and the pip hole from earlier is a bit bigger and looks like a little rip now. You can see it near the egg shell to the left in the picture.

Spoiler: Picture

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Do you have an incubator? If so put it in asap.

 

[casportpony]

I usually put those in an incubator. Do you have an incubator?

 

[Bananabelle]

I don't have an incubator.

 

[MGG]

I don't have an incubator.

You'll have to just leave it amd cross your fingers then. It's too early to try and help it. How's it doing today?

 

[Bananabelle]

I read about shrink-wrapping and was worried about that so I got my finger wet and moistened it last night. This morning I checked in and he was mostly free! his hinder parts were glued onto the membrane so I moistened it again and it came right off. I took most of it off, but the umbilical cord (?) was still attached so I left some with it. He seems healthy so far and I expect mama hen to bring them all out for their first time off the nest once it warms up a bit.

 

[MGG]

I read about shrink-wrapping and was worried about that so I got my finger wet and moistened it last night. This morning I checked in and he was mostly free! his hinder parts were glued onto the membrane so I moistened it again and it came right off. I took most of it off, but the umbilical cord (?) was still attached so I left some with it. He seems healthy so far and I expect mama hen to bring them all out for their first time off the nest once it warms up a bit.

That's great! Glad he's doing well.

 

[casportpony]

Great news! How about another picture?