Shrink wrap HELP!

[monicamarie83]

First time hatcher here and I have 2 eggs... At about 6pm last night I noticed a small crack in both! So excited! By 11pm nothing else happened but at 5am this morning I woke up to chirping and 1 is halfway out but it's stuck! My humidity has been between 65-68% these last 3 days ... The shell is off where it's feet and head is but them membrane is hard! I've opened it up twice very quickly to help it a little but I'm so afraid to kill the other... It's still alive but hasn't made a hole, just a crack... HELP! I Don't LIKE THIS!! btw they are lavender Orpington x silky!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

At this point for the one partly out, you'll have to soften the membrane and maybe just cut the membrane the length of the body so It can move and have flexibility.
Are you sure they are due on the same day? If so, you may want to crack the other shell more and investigate. Always stop if you see blood.
If you really want to save them, you'll have to get proactive. Once they are shrink wrapped they'll Never hatch without intervention because they aren't strong enough to break through that brick wall.
You could use some vegetable oil to soften the membrane. At this point, whenever opening the incubator, you need to mist it each time. Immediately upon opening, humidity escapes and hardening the membrane is just as fast.
How did you verify the humidity. In my experience, hygrometers are notoriously inaccurate as are incubator readings. When in doubt, raise humidity at the end.

 

[monicamarie83]

At this point for the one partly out, you'll have to soften the membrane and maybe just cut the membrane the length of the body so It can move and have flexibility.
Are you sure they are due on the same day? If so, you may want to crack the other shell more and investigate. Always stop if you see blood.
If you really want to save them, you'll have to get proactive. Once they are shrink wrapped they'll Never hatch without intervention because they aren't strong enough to break through that brick wall.
You could use some vegetable oil to soften the membrane. At this point, whenever opening the incubator, you need to mist it each time. Immediately upon opening, humidity escapes and hardening the membrane is just as fast.
How did you verify the humidity. In my experience, hygrometers are notoriously inaccurate as are incubator readings. When in doubt, raise humidity at the end.

Ok I got it out! I cut away the membrane enough for it to stretch and I'm so happy! I don't think it was as bad as I thought it would be! Now with the other should I make a little hole? I candled it really fast to see and it's moving in there and peeped! They both went in the same time and their from the same hen and rooster.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It is probably stuck at this point.
I usually don't fool around, if I think they are ready. It's just me but I usually break up the whole shell. The longer they are in there, the greater chance of foot problems as they spend all their time pushing with bent toes.
Congrats on the first.

 

[monicamarie83]

It is probably stuck at this point.
I usually don't fool around, if I think they are ready. It's just me but I usually break up the whole shell. The longer they are in there, the greater chance of foot problems as they spend all their time pushing with bent toes.
Congrats on the first.

Got it! Thank you so much for the help!

 

[Ridgeback825]

I have helped the pip so that they can get their beak out and breathe fresh air. They need lots of oxygen and speeding this process up helps that.

 

[monicamarie83]

It is probably stuck at this point.
I usually don't fool around, if I think they are ready. It's just me but I usually break up the whole shell. The longer they are in there, the greater chance of foot problems as they spend all their time pushing with bent toes.
Congrats on the first.

Ok so I helped it out some, peeled back some egg and membrane but the inner is shrink wrapped! I pulled some off but I got a vein! I moistened it a little but I stopped and left it alone but it's not doing anything.. beak is moving and it's breathing but it's not attempting to get out. At this point should I just leave it alone? When should I try to help more?

 

[monicamarie83]

I have helped the pip so that they can get their beak out and breathe fresh air. They need lots of oxygen and speeding this process up helps that.

I did that and hit a vein ! I've left it alone for now but now what?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Of you see veins and blood it’s not fully ready yet. Give a few hours in between trying to help
But keep that membrane moist
I use coconut oil to look for veins when assisting but Vaseline after as it keeps it moist for much longer keeping you from going in the bator more often

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Seeing blood, you stop and wait for a bit.
It is a lot of work for chicks to break free.
You removed some shell and outer membrane, but it is the inner membrane that gets shrink wrapped.
I have helped hatching many times, but mostly when I think the problem was my fault. For the most part, I believe that if a chick can't pop out on its own, it wouldn't survive in nature. Hens don't give the effort some of you all do. I think of it the same way they do. Survival of the fittest. The more chicks need help, the less vitality there is in the future flock. I don't need that. Commercial hatcheries don't help. They set eggs with good temp, turning and humidity controls and forget them till they are moved from the setter to the hatcher. That is in a nutshell what I do.
I want birds that grow function with vigor all their lives with little intervention on my part. It makes keeping chickens more carefree.