Should I assist?

[strawberry_bat]

I have two pea eggs on day 25 now in the incubator. One of them was externally pipped yesterday morning at 3 am, the other was internally pipped for an unknown number of hours at the same time, so I made a tiny safety air hole in that egg yesterday evening.

It's now been over 24 hours and the external pipper hasn't made any more progress. I can see him moving in there, but he doesn't make any sound, either. The second egg, with the safety hole, peeps softly at me but hasn't made any moves to do the external pip.

I was surprised at the earliness of the first egg's pip, but now I'm a bit worried. Should I give them both another day? I've never hatched peas before, so this is new territory. The incubator sits at about 99.5, humidity has been raised to 85%. I've read the giant thread on how/why to assist but I still feel unsure...

 

[strawberry_bat]

I ammend my earlier statement about the quiet pipped egg -- I held it up to my ear and tapped a little, and can hear very soft chirps and a grinding sound. If it's making chewing motions with its beak (what I assume that sound to be) that probably means it is still absorbing yolk, right?

 

[KsKingBee]

Patience, interfering does not usually go well.