I wouldn't help it either way. It may be hard to see the chick die in the egg, but there was a reason why. The chick may be too weak to survive, and if you do help it out there is a very good chance it wouldn't survive anyway. I've helped out 4 chicks in the first year I hatched eggs. 1 coturnix quail, 2 bobwhite quail, and a ring necked pheasant. The coturnix quail made it all the way around, but missed a piece of the membrane which was just thick enough to prevent her from getting out. So I helped her, she lived for 2 years and four months. Both of the bobwhites I helped out passed away within the first 2 weeks, and the pheasant died as soon as it came out of the shell. So I would suggest not helping either way because it could cause some extreme pain and suffering to the chick if you accidentally hit a blood vessel, or cause it to die from weakness later on.
