QUICK! Should I assist?

[ehxsnohs]

Our one single egg has made an external pip earlier this evening (about 5 hours ago) and has not made any more progress. I can hear him peeping away LOUDLY and see the egg moving like crazy. I can see a bit of him through the hole he made.
Reading on other pages about assisting says to watch for the edges of the membrane turning tanish..his definitely are..its only been 5 hours, how long do I leave him?

 

[gatorshark75]

Our one single egg has made an external pip earlier this evening (about 5 hours ago) and has not made any more progress. I can hear him peeping away LOUDLY and see the egg moving like crazy. I can see a bit of him through the hole he made.
Reading on other pages about assisting says to watch for the edges of the membrane turning tanish..his definitely are..its only been 5 hours, how long do I leave him?

if you help it might hurt him but after 5 hours id probably help him some myself if you dont he might die anyway yep help him and be very gentle not to make him bleed out

 

[ehxsnohs]

Here is a video. Sorry its blurry. Its taken through the glass.

 

[Dcat]

The tannish membrane is what had me freaking out. Don't touch it! It could just be some blood that dried. I intervened and killed my chick. I just did my first hatch with two eggs and I know exactly what your thinking(my only chick hatched tonight).
The one egg that hatched started doing the same thing but I left it alone and did not open the incubator, She pipped yesterday afternoon and just hatched at 10:15 tonight. You will see her moving a lot then almost nothing for a long time. She is fine! Please give it at least 24 hours before you try anything. Ours hatched at about 30-36 hours after external pip.
As long as your humidity is good you should be fine.

 

[ehxsnohs]

http://s1152.photobucket.com/user/ehxsnohs/media/Mobile Uploads/20140320_213018_zpsegut9a5j.mp4.html

 

[ehxsnohs]

Ok thank you..I will give it more time.

 

[gatorshark75]

The tannish membrane is what had me freaking out. Don't touch it! It could just be some blood that dried. I intervened and killed my chick. I just did my first hatch with two eggs and I know exactly what your thinking(my only chick hatched tonight).
The one egg that hatched started doing the same thing but I left it alone and did not open the incubator, She pipped yesterday afternoon and just hatched at 10:15 tonight. You will see her moving a lot then almost nothing for a long time. She is fine! Please give it at least 24 hours before you try anything. Ours hatched at about 30-36 hours after external pip.
As long as your humidity is good you should be fine.

true but if your that worried about the chick you gotta learn somehow

 

[Dcat]

Yeah, that's how I learned. It stinks though.

 

[gatorshark75]

Yeah, that's how I learned. It stinks though.

ive hatched a few thousand chicks and have helped a few and only killed one and it was from my first hatch imagine that right

 

[ehxsnohs]

15 hours and still the same..