Help! One egg not hatched, I think I messed up!

[Jessperowne]

Hello,
I had 4 chicken eggs. 3 hatched 24 hrs ago and 1 egg was left.

This morning there was no cheeping, movement or sign of pipping- so..... I opened the incubator.

Ahhhhhh the egg started cheeping and I saw a small pip.

Humidity dropped to 45% when I opened incubator and I’m so worried I will have either cause the membrane to dry out or the chick to malposition...

Any ideas if this baby still might be ok and if there is anything I can do to help it’s chances?

 

[CindyinSD]

Put the lid back on and if needed, add water. Leave the lid on and watch or sleep. You may wake up to a healthy baby or not. It seems to me in the stories I’ve read here, the late ones don’t do as well as hoped, in many cases.

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

It will probably be OK but if it were me, I would wait 24 hours from that first external Pip, and if it had not made any more progress I would assist.

I have had plenty of chicks hatch a day or so later than the others. I have also had a few late chicks quit right at the end before starting to hatch. But if it has made it to external Pip it's chances are very good.