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Leave it be unless you have a very high quality thermostat. Low temps can cause a slightly late hatch so make sure you wait it out if they aren't hatching right on time.

I've gone into my incubator to throw out the eggs after a hatch and found chicks that had been pipped for what seemed like two whole days, running loose. They kinda wait however long it takes their yolk sac to absorb. It seems like they just pip at first for the fresh air.

It can take as many as 30 hours from pip to hatch. 12-24 is quite normal. They have to completely absorb their yolk sac before they come out lest the others pick at it, or development be damaged. Maybe you aren't even tempted, but I know what it was like when I started, so I'll warn you...