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I didn't succeed. I did chest compressions, & held it upside down a couple times just in case there was fluid in the lungs.

You're welcome. We've all been hyper anxious during our first hatches. I started out using broody hens before I got an incubator.

I know they're already pipped. Leave them be? Chicks can take 24hrs, from pip to hatch. I've had chicks wait an extra day longer.

The yawning motion means it's still absorbing its yolk. Signs I see, is the chicks start wiggling, & becoming more active. Within a few hours you should expect the chicks to chip shell at the edge of the pip. This is the beginning of a Zip. But if they begin zipping, & don't go any further...

Yep after pipping. If you help too soon, they may die.

If there's still blood, then they're not ready. I had chicks wait a solid 2 days before hatching before.

Mine didn't even zip, it just spun around in the shell, & died. It was the weirdest chick death that's ever happened.

I had an incident this year. I got up early in the morning to check the hatching progress, & everything looked fine. Chicks were hatching, & pipping. One chick in particular I saw it's beak sticking out of it's pip hole like it should, I sat down for a drink of coffee, came back over, to find...