Help! Anyone Out There??? Hatching SOS

[SassysMom]

Of 3 eggs, 1 chick popped out, picture perfect all the way.
The 2 other eggs pipped, but haven't done anything since. They were moving around until about 7pm (PST)

One of the 2 still in the 'bator pipped this afternoon. Shortly after the 1st one was born, A CRACK APPEARED in egg 2 from where the first pip was and down to the pointy end of the egg. I know, that's not good. The line is red so I'm afraid to try and help it any. Sadly, the chick inside is peeping.

Do I do anything to help the cracked egg?

What about the 3rd egg still in the 'bator? Do I sacrifice the cracked egg and hope the 3rd one makes it? Leave them both in there and hope the one isn't infected?

Help! Please.........
Connie

 

[subhanalah]

@Lacrystol may be able to give some good advice.
I would leave the chick's until 24 hours after the first external pip. There is ano assisted hatching link in @Sally Sunshine's signature. That will be very helpful!

 

[Lacrystol]

Did u take the one that's out out of the bator??

 

[SassysMom]

This is how the last 24 hrs have played out.
Chick #1 zipped so fast, pushed the egg away and just started running. S/he's doing great!
Chick #2, who only had on small pip from yesterday afternoon. That one sat doing nothing all night, but it was peeping. It finally came out at 10:50 this morning (PT)
Chick 3#, the one I was so worried about had, as i wrote, what looked like a long crack with part of the membrane bloody.

I re-read the thread about assisting hatching and figured I'd take the chance on helping the little one, watching for any signs of infection. I took it out of the incubator, got a warm wet washcloth and wrapped the egg in it (away from the pip, and with a Q-tip slightly dipped in hot water (cooled way down by the time I used it on the chick). I lightly started working down the crack hoping to provide moisture to the membrane. Long story short...The crack turned out to be a piece of skin or part of the unbilical cord from the first chick. I did take blunt tweezers and squeeze away of piece of the shell next to the pip. Put it back in the 'bator and went to the second one. Just a bit of water on the pip membrane and both of them were back in the 'bator.

Until 8pm tonight is day 21. So, one born on day 20, 2 on day 21, and so far all is well. I don't ever want to do a hatch without BYC. There hasn't been a thing I've searched for that didn't show up on this site. Thank you for your kind responses!

 

[Lacrystol]

Can you send me a pic of the third one??

 

[SassysMom]

This is the proud mom and dad! As soon as I can figure out why my iOS pictures won't load, I will send pictures