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I have had chicks that I helped out of the shell have bits of shell and membrane attached to their backs and heads after hatching. Once they are a little bit stronger, I give them a very warm water bath. This removes the adhered debris and cleans them up a bit. After their bath, they are...

That is a good sign. Let it go for the night. Tomorrow, if it has not come out, then slowly start to take small pieces fro m the large end of the shell. Watch humidity, there will be a good chance that the membrane in the shell has adhered to the chick. A small spray bottle helps soften and...

Once again, on my third hatch ever, I had to intervene. 1/11 hatched normally and is doing fine. Another one needed some help since it was lodged in the shell and had no real leverage in its position. It is now doing well. Sadly, Another pipped the shell and had done some zipping but was...

I found the original article and several postings here to be very helpful and gave me the needed support to intervene. My intervention story: On my second hatching experince, I was hoping to avoid intervention. Sadly, by the end of day 21 with four eggs pipped and somewhat zipped and no...