PLEASE HELP! Dropped egg on hatch day…

[TheChickenLadyyy]

There was one pip hole prior to break. Picture below. Bleeding but chick is breathing and chirping. Beak is sticking out. Any advice?

 

[Duckduckchicken32]

@Wyorp Rock

 

[TheChickenLadyyy]

I’ve been reading that putting coconut oil or a wet paper towel on the crack away from the beak could help?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I wouldn't apply a wet paper towel. Use Bacitracin or Triple antibiotic ointment to keep the membrane from drying out. Coconut oil can be used too if you don't have the ointments.

Hopefully the chick will be able to hatch on its own without assistance, if you find that after waiting for a good period of time and she needs help, wait a little longer and thoroughly read thread this article.


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

 

[TheChickenLadyyy]

Ok thank you so much! She was able to mostly hatch overnight but might need help getting out.

 

[TheChickenLadyyy]

She’s out of the egg but just laying there peeping and breathing. She seems to still be attached to the egg. There seems to be a sac of some sort on her belly? What should I do now?

 

[Duckduckchicken32]

If there’s a sack on her, I could be her yolk sac. Keep her in a small upright paper cup with a tissue in it. it should absorb on its own. Don’t cut it or remove it, its vital that the chick absorbs it on its own.

 

[TheChickenLadyyy]

Here’s a better photo… could I take her out of incubator to do that?

 

[TheChickenLadyyy]

She’s frantically trying to get it off

 

[Duckduckchicken32]

You can, but don’t open the incubator to much, you do not want other eggs to get shrink wrapped or to lose heat.