Should I assist this chick?

[CashewVulture]

This chick has made its first hole 12 hours ago.
When it had been about 8 hours or so since it had made the hole, I decided to scratch away some shell to help it get out. I usually don’t like to assist but in my experience chicks this slow usually end up getting stuck and die.
I also wanted to remove the membrane a bit but noticed it had active veins so I stopped.

Now, 4 hours later, it seems like its head is a bit more out of the membrane but other than that it has barely moved. The viens don’t seem active as they were before. I’d like to assist it more in 3-4 hours, is this a good idea? Or could it still be absorbing the yolk? Are chicks that pip by themselves always ready to hatch? (Already absorbed yolk, no veins that are risky to touch)

Photo is from 4 hours ago. When the veins looked active.
I will try to get a updated pic soon

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi! I would wait, typically they should hatch within 24 hours. You may want to put coconut oil.on the exposed membrane. The veins should look peachy in color when everything is absorbed.

 

[MountainWoman73]

I can't tell what end that guy pipped at. I had one recently that pipped wrong end. We tried to assist at 24 hours and 36 hours and she wasn't ready. She hatched with assistance about 48 hours after pip.

My best guess is that chicks that pip wrong end do so a day early because they don't have the air cell to breathe in. So they need an extra day that they would normally spend internally pipped. 48 hours post pip for my wrong-end chick was sort of like 24 hours for a right-end chick.

Hope your little guy makes it.

 

[CashewVulture]

Hi! I would wait, typically they should hatch within 24 hours. You may want to put coconut oil.on the exposed membrane. The veins should look peachy in color when everything is absorbed.

I can't tell what end that guy pipped at. I had one recently that pipped wrong end. We tried to assist at 24 hours and 36 hours and she wasn't ready. She hatched with assistance about 48 hours after pip.

My best guess is that chicks that pip wrong end do so a day early because they don't have the air cell to breathe in. So they need an extra day that they would normally spend internally pipped. 48 hours post pip for my wrong-end chick was sort of like 24 hours for a right-end chick.

Hope your little guy makes it.

Thanks for the help! I waited longer, helped its head get unstuck but it unfortunately passed away an hour later. I think it was weak from the start. It pipped almost 3 days after the others.