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[superchemicalgirl]

So I get the bathroom steamy, get a warm damp cloth, grab the egg quickly and toss the damp cloth in the bator and shut it, bring egg in another warm damp cloth and pick the shell off it if I can right?

I don’t want to mess up! I just made a cup of coffee and await your reply while I get the bathroom steamy.

That is what I do. I also run the sink at a warm (body temp) trickle so that my hands aren't dry (I continually run them under the water to get rid of the shell and keep the fingers damp). Pick the shell off it (it is easier than you think), leaving the membrane intact, if possible. Then when you have most/all of the shell off, tear gently at the top near the chick head, exposing it. If it isn't bloody, keep tearing until you know the chick can get out of it then wrap lightly in the damp towel and place in incubator. If it's bloody, leave it be, stop touching it, wrap it in the damp cloth gently and place back in incubator.

 

[Double Kindness]

Ok. Going to do it now. Fingers crossed.

 

[drumstick diva]

Double Kindness

awaiting updates - sending good hatching vibes your way

 

[casportpony]

This is one I did:


Note that there are no veins.

-Kathy

 

[superchemicalgirl]

This is one I did:


Note that there are no veins.

-Kathy

Nice pics. Again, if you see blood, stop. The chick needs to finish the process of absorbing and closing the outside vessels down. I've had them bleed a little bit and survive, but be weak. I always add a tablespoon of white sugar to a quart of water for the first day, then decrease until none in there over a few days.

 

[casportpony]

This is shrink-wrapped. This peachick died in the shell, fully absorbed, but I don't remember if it was malpositioned or not. Incubated under hen, not bator.



Note the blood. Had it been alive I would have moistened the membrane and let it finish absorbing the blood.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Another picture:

 

[Double Kindness]

Got a bit of shell off and put it back in the incubator, it is making more progress. My phone doesn't want to take pictures or post them either atm.

Still hoping it will hatch and be healthy. No other pips. I'll wait a few more days, then I need to do something to improve my hatch rate. Before I add any more eggs to the incubator besides the ones in there already.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

If it stops making progress for a few hours, I'd go back in and break some more membrane. Taking it out might have started the shrink wrapping process.

Good luck.

 

[casportpony]

Have you candled any of the other eggs?

-Kathy