This is my first hatch. It is day 21, and one chicken is out. 10 more eggs have little pecks out of them, and two of which have full holes. My incubator is crapping out and not reading the temperature properly. Because of this, the temperature is going up and down substantially (mainly up, to 104, then we unplug the incubator and it drops down again). The fully hatched chicken has been out for about 8 hours. He is looking rather uncomfortable (although, I don't know what he should look like). What should I do? It is nearly 11 at night, and I can't keep watching the temperature all night. Should I take the eggs out and put them all in the brooder under a heat lamp? Should I help the eggs break open? Help! help!
