Egg rocking and rocking yesterday but no movement today, should I help?

[KittyCat13]

I have 3 eggs in the incubator on day 21, 2 hatched this morning but the one that was the most noisy and was rocking about yesterday has gone still and quiet (it's not pipped externally yet).

I had a very quick candle just now and it looks like it has pipped internally but i couldn't see any movement or hear any peeping or tapping and haven't heard any peeping from it all day (it's 6pm here now).

Should I help? Or should I just leave it be? I don't want to hurt it by helping, but I am worried it may have died already

 

[Krcismesia]

I'm sorry if it has passed. I've only hatched chicks once so I'm not an expert but normal if it happened to me I wouldn't interfere and let nature run its course. I'm sorry and I hope she/he comes through.

 

[adtillma1]

I have 3 eggs in the incubator on day 21, 2 hatched this morning but the one that was the most noisy and was rocking about yesterday has gone still and quiet (it's not pipped externally yet).

I had a very quick candle just now and it looks like it has pipped internally but i couldn't see any movement or hear any peeping or tapping and haven't heard any peeping from it all day (it's 6pm here now).

Should I help? Or should I just leave it be? I don't want to hurt it by helping, but I am worried it may have died already

I usually just let them be. Some eggs take longer than others to hatch and I'm of the mindset that it is better to not make it out of the egg than it is to me assist a chick out and that chick doesn't survive.

 

[KittyCat13]

I made a tiny cross in the egg in the the end and could see the chicks beak but no movement do I carried on taking the shell off very slowly.

Sadly the chick had already died, but it had a really bad scissor beak, so while it was able to pip internally, I guess it couldn't pip externally and must have run out of air. It's a shame, but I don't think it would have been able to feed successfully with such a bad beak.