Hatching progress...Should I be concerned?

[Jbently28]

Ok so yesterday this little Buff Orpington x RIR under my bantam Cochin internally pipped. This morning around 9 I checked and it had externally pipped. This is all the progress it has made so far for 11 hours that I know of. It's still chirping and moving around so I'm not concerned at the moment. However, I lost a chick just a couple of weeks ago in the middle of the night that was at this same exact stage. I was just wondering if I should be concerned or not at this point. This will be my first successful hatch God willing.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

I would not interfere. Give your broody space and let nature do the rest. The more you handle the egg, the more stress you put on momma.

 

[Jbently28]

I would not interfere. Give your broody space and let nature do the rest. The more you handle the egg, the more stress you put on momma.

Oh yes, definitely not interfering unless absolutely necessary! But apparently I started worrying too soon. I went out literally 15 minutes later and found this! Looks like little chicky will be here sooner than expected

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Congratulations! Cheers to a successful hatch! Enjoy!

 

[Jbently28]

Congratulations! Cheers to a successful hatch! Enjoy!

We have our very first successful hatch. I went to check on it and it had just hatched and was still thrashing around so the pic is blurry but I didn't want to disturb them anymore.

 

[Jbently28]

I couldn't resist and had to go check once more just to make sure the chick was ok and I snapped this pic. The little chick was chirping away and kept trying to climb in my hand. Thank you everyone for your advice!