Weird membrane in some hatching eggs

[KatGold]

Yes, they were shipped. All the air is on one side, the big side. So that's a relief.

It's been about 86 hours since internal pipping, but they are still cheeping inside and no external pip. I am on pins and needles.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Then that's why the air cell is 'stretched', shipping is rough on eggs. They should do fine.

 

[Moongypsy]

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I've got an assortment of eggs hatching right now and three of them have had a weird problem I have never seen or heard of. The chick pips, and begins hatching, but the membrane, instead of being that normal thin film with some blood vessels in it, is thick, dark colored, and gelatinous, and there's still a lot of fluid inside the egg. As soon as the chick starts breaking out of the shell and the membrane is exposed, it also hardens up right away like super glue, basically gluing the chick into position so that it can't move and can barely breathe. I got two free, the first one did fine but then died suddenly after being just fine for two days. The second one came out but its feet don't work,they are cold and pale and the chick cannot control anything below the hock joint, it also has an opening with some egg yolk still protruding at the umbilical, and the abdomen was swollen and dark. This morning, a lot of slimy yellowish brown fluid drained through the opening at the abdomen (this seems to be why it was dark, it looks empty now and normal colored) and the chick is looking like it will die, it can't eat or drink and is very weak. The third one is out of the shell, but the membrane glued it into the position it was in while in the shell, and I keep soaking it with warm wet cloths but it won't come off, the chick is just stuck in that position and breathing but can't move, I guess it will have to be put down. The other chicks are fine.

Anyone ever seen this before or know what's going on?

Pu should assist it, remove part of the shell where the pip,or zip line, avoiding any blood vessels,remove enough to help the baby, and hold it with a damp towel, avoiding the face,so as not to risk drowning him.Some people wrap a damp,warm napkin around the egg,to moisten the membrane,and place the egg back in the incubator,so to help the baby to be able to help itself out of the egg

 

[nuthatched]

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Pu should assist it, remove part of the shell where the pip,or zip line, avoiding any blood vessels,remove enough to help the baby, and hold it with a damp towel, avoiding the face,so as not to risk drowning him.Some people wrap a damp,warm napkin around the egg,to moisten the membrane,and place the egg back in the incubator,so to help the baby to be able to help itself out of the egg

This thread is from 2011, you're not likely to receive a response from the op.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Something happened with the humidity during incubation. I am thinking too high humidity. And because your humidity stayed too high it caused the membranes to dry up quickly and stuck to the chicks - in other words caused Sticky - Chicks. What have you set your humidity at through incubation and hatch???