Opened a egg too early! Day 19, need advice

[NataliaFarms]

I live in a tropical island so usually my eggs start hatching around day 19, today I saw nothing not even a pip, so I waited all day until it was night I cracked one egg. I started my making a little hole on the air pocket and then I opened the egg, I used some water to moist the membrane to see the chick, and I did see them but I also saw the yolk as big as can be, so a immediately ran and got a bandaid and covered the hole. Was that a good idea? I don’t want the chick to die, I’m super young and I just started incubating

 

[Susan Skylark]

Keep the egg warm and moist (back into the incubator), just give him time and let him hatch himself. Hopefully a couple days won’t make a big difference, a younger egg might begin growing bacteria but a near term chick will hopefully hatch before it is an issue.

 

[NataliaFarms]

Keep the egg warm and moist (back into the incubator), just give him time and let him hatch himself. Hopefully a couple days won’t make a big difference, a younger egg might begin growing bacteria but a near term chick will hopefully hatch before it is an issue.

Should I take out the bandaid?

 

[nuthatched]

Take off the bandaid, and put the egg back in the incubator.
You just opened the air cell right?

 

[NataliaFarms]

Take off the bandaid, and put the egg back in the incubator.
You just opened the air cell right?

Yep! The egg was in the incubator when I posted this, I’ll take out the bandaid right now, should there be any concerns with shrink wrapping?

 

[NataliaFarms]

Yep! The egg was in the incubator when I posted this, I’ll take out the bandaid right now, should there be any concerns with shrink wrapping?

This is how the egg looks like, the black outline is where I saw yolk

 

[nuthatched]

View attachment 4113285This is how the egg looks like, the black outline is where I saw yolk

Just put some clean oil on the membrane and monitor. Without the extra shell in the way, the chick may hatch quicker than it can absorb the yolk. I'm not sure what to do about that.

 

[NataliaFarms]

Just put some clean oil on the membrane and monitor. Without the extra shell in the way, the chick may hatch quicker than it can absorb the yolk. I'm not sure what to do about that.

What type of oil do I use?

 

[nuthatched]

Do you have another

What type of oil do I use?

Cooking oil, olive oil, baby oil, something like that. Not mechanical oil.

 

[NataliaFarms]

Do you have another

Cooking oil, olive oil, baby oil, something like that. Not mechanical oil.

Okay so I put very little amount of olive oil, only a small rub with my finger, I disinfected my hands before I did it. Can I go to bed or do I need to stay up?