Hatching question

[Chickenheadmate]

I’m trying to prepare myself with information por possible scenarios, need I assist any chicks.
I was reading that if you start to pick off the shell and it’s bloody leave it alone.
Is this consideres are an egg you’d out back or is the blood presented here normal for any chick that’s ready to come out?

 

[MROO]

WAY too much blood for my comfort level! Still, if it was shrink-wrapped, as the title says, it would need the membrane split and some moisture added to keep it from drying out further. I've assisted a few times, but only when it was VERY obvious that I was going to lose a valuable chick, like a critically endangered breed. Even then, I had mixed results. a few lived, a few died and a few just never lived up to expectations. As much as we hate to admit it, there's a reason why weaker chicks die in the shell. Regardless of your philosophy on that, assisting is a tricky business which is often best avoided.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

To me way to much red in the membrane. Just leave baby be for now
They only need a tiny crack to get air in the shell
That’s why they only make a small pip till they are ready to zip

 

[mcdze]

a couple of thoughts on it .. after first pip, there will likely be blood less than 24 hours ... 'picking' at a shell and exposing a pipped egg to air outside the bator is the msin cause of shrink wrapping .. once you pick shell away, final assistance is going to be needed almost guaranteed, the picking at it and exposing it to cool dry air caused that problem .. timing is everything, sometimes a chick does get out of whack, generally wait 24 hours after external pip, no more no less .. if theres evidence it has enlarged the pip to an actual small hole and its discolored like brownish around the membrane, its peeping pretty loudly, THEN, its a candidate to assist ... carefully chip shell away towards that end with a flashlight inspecting the membrane for red blood vessels ... if theres none continue slowly and rip the membrane .. if its ready it will be pushing as you work and will come out on its own .. any blood its not ready .. this is the most common mistake ...an egg pips and soon after the anxiety gets the best of people and they start trying to help a chick thats ~24 hours away from being ready .. it either kills it or makes a tense very long process you have to babysit the entire way and it was needless to help it in the first place .. final thought is, in a batch of pipped eggs, any you help wil be after the main group is already out ...