Help! My first time hatching and one baby has been at the same stage for 12+ hours

[MissPeep]

This is my first time incubating and hatching eggs. The first baby to pip started last night around 8 PM or so and progress slowly up until about 1 AM when I went to bed. This morning is day 21 and there was a tiny bit more progress, but since then it stayed in the same state. I can see it breathing and moving but it doesn’t seem to be getting out of the shell anymore. Since then, two others have fully hatched and dried and one other has started breaking through it’s own shell. I don’t know if this is normal or if I should intervene in someway. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have already read the article on when to assist but I am terrified of hurting the chick. It is also the only egg that had a little bit of liquid run out of it when the chick started breaking free.

 

[JaeG]

The fact that it has made such a large hole makes me think it does need help. Sometimes they get stuck as they start to unzip and stop rotating, so they end up making a bigger and bigger hole.

Check its beak and if it is no longer gasping/yawning then it should be ready to hatch. Leave it be if it is still yawning as that means it is still absorbing the remains of the yolk.

It's beak is upwards so any extra moisture in the egg shouldn't worry it. Just keep it positioned beak upwards if you do decide to assist.

 

[Skipper7410]

It looks like that it zipped breach? (wrong side of egg). It may need help. When we have had them need help we usually cull, but that's just us.