Pipped in center of egg

Isabird

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I have three bantam eggs that have pipped more towards the center of the egg and created large holes rather than zipping. The chicks are alive but have made no progress in 30 hours. The other hatched chicks are knocking them around a bit. How long to I leave the partially hatched in the incubator? What’s the longest anyone has ever waited for a chick to hatch healthy and live? I do not want my kids to see them die in the egg and I also don’t want a crippled chick to hatch...I do not want them to suffer. Do they still have a chance to hatch or will they die? Humidity 60 and temperature is 100. I have hatched tons of chicks. Quail, ducks, standard and bantam chicks. My gut tells me that these guys are not going to make it but I could really use a second opinion.
Thanks!
 
I have three bantam eggs that have pipped more towards the center of the egg and created large holes rather than zipping. The chicks are alive but have made no progress in 30 hours. The other hatched chicks are knocking them around a bit. How long to I leave the partially hatched in the incubator? What’s the longest anyone has ever waited for a chick to hatch healthy and live? I do not want my kids to see them die in the egg and I also don’t want a crippled chick to hatch...I do not want them to suffer. Do they still have a chance to hatch or will they die? Humidity 60 and temperature is 100. I have hatched tons of chicks. Quail, ducks, standard and bantam chicks. My gut tells me that these guys are not going to make it but I could really use a second opinion.
Thanks!
Here is a picture of one of the eggs. You can see the fluff of the chick on the left side.
 

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Here is a picture of one of the eggs. You can see the fluff of the chick on the left side.

Also looks like a pip on the upper right? Or maybe a chip from another shell.

This chick missed the air cell, so those often take longer than the 24-hour common guideline. Since they can spend 24 hours in the air cell before breaking the shell, then 24 hours to zip, this one could still hatch fine.
I suspect it has hatched now anyway, and I’m talking general guidelines only, but I would wait it out, based on the fact that it missed the air cell, and that end of the egg looks plenty round, which is usually helpful in wrong-end pips.
 

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