Slow/bloody zip, can I do anything?

[Hardboiled]

This is my first hatch and one pipped yesterday at 10 am. It didn't do much till 10pm, and as of 10 am this morning it is halfway zipped but there is blood on the beak and it's only progressed half an inch in the past two hours.

Can/ should I do anything or does he need to rest since he hit blood? Nobody else has pipped. Is he in danger? The humidity was 40ish throughout incubation, and 65 to 70 after lockdown. They're Olandsk Dwarf eggs, so they're small if it makes any difference.
Edit: Today is day 21.

 

[Ponypoor]

Birthing can be messy business; I was surprised at how messy the inside of the chicks eggs where with my first hatching. But the wee ones were all good!

Best advise ever on this site is to 'sit on your hands and do nothing'.... hard to do but it's best to let them get on with it themselves.

 

[Hardboiled]

Oh sorry I see today is day 22, did u wait 24hrs after starting incubation to count day 1?

At any rate they can take up to 25 days to hatch. Another case of being patient sitting on your hands .

Yes to the 24 hour question. I moved the other eggs to a backup incubator. There are still no pips, but one that maybe internally pipped although it looks too low. ☹ I'm picking up two Japanese bantam chicks in a few hours for Seven. He's a very feisty fluff this morning.

 

[Hardboiled]

I haven't seen anything that looks like a yawn but I've seen little nibbling motions and he's cheeping now and then. He's trying to push the egg apart but it's not zipped enough. I hope others still pip, maybe he was a little early since there's still blood. I really want to turn the egg so he can keep zipping bc it seems like he can't get through the piece of egg on the floor of the incubator. I'm sitting on my hands!

 

[Kiki]

Once a chick starts zipping it usually means it's ready to come out.

It is possible it's stuck.
I wouldn't help it now but I'd make sure it isn't getting stuck/glued to the shell.

 

[WVduckchick]

For future hatches, once they start a full zip (like more than an inch or so of actual zipping) they should finish within an hour, 90 minutes at most. If they stop part way, you can break the “cap” off, but let them kick out of the bottom part of the shell on their own.
The pic looks like just the left over gunk, it should dry up and fall off on its own, but if it starts dragging it around by like a string, you can snip it with scissors. Just do it away from the body, leave a little bit attached, but remove the main bulk of it. What you leave will dry up quickly.

 

[Hardboiled]

Oh he looks very good, very cute

Can you hear any chirping? Have you candled to see if you can see the air pocket? I heard chirping from my eggs, can you hear anything?

Can't wait to see the new chicks you are picking up!

No chirping and no movement... nobody has moved position in at least 3 days. I ended up buying one baby bc the rest were too much older and would have smooshed Seven. He is so happy to have a friend. I didn't get pictures till they'd already gone to bed but here he is with Panda. She is so chill and sweet, and he's over the top feisty haha. Panda's breeder has two more clutches about to hatch any day, so I'll add another chick then.

 

[Hardboiled]

Ha PonyPoor I was typing out "sitting on my hands" at the same time you posted! This is way more worrying than I hoped for.

 

[Hardboiled]

I was worried about how low his pip was. The eggs were shipped from west coast to east coast and several were scrambled and all had wonky air cells. I hope he comes out ok and has at least one buddy.

 

[Hardboiled]

Here's Seven, the lonely little one. Nobody else even pipped but I'll leave them in a few days. I haven't seen him poop yet, that can't be good, right? Also, he walks a bit like a penguin. I gave him a little Sav a chick electrolyte water and he's had a second bath to help his fluff. He still has some hard spots but they can wait. If he makes it I'm going to get him some baby banty buddies.