HELP when do i HELP? HELP NEEDED ASAP

[got flogged]

egg started cracking around 1 p.m. Very little progress since but at 10 p.m. It had cracked a tiny bit more. How long before i shoukd worry and intervene. Its the first i have had that i think i should help. LORD DONT LET ME KILL THIS BABY CHICKEN.... Thanks

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

They can take up to 72 hrs to hatch. Give it more time!

 

[Tiss]

I had one go 15 hrs from pip to zip this last hatch. Give it time.

 

[Sphinx]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=564605 This thread has some really great advice from Ridgerunner. I also posted some pictures with a basic timeline.


But, to recap, what I found was that the chick would poke a little bitty hole. Maybe make it a tiny bit bigger. Then do nothing for at least 12-15 hours. Then make it a little bigger. Then zip around and hatch out within about 15 minutes.