When should I help?

[morganhendricks4]

Chick pipped but no air hole 3+ hours now. Should I give it 24 hours before I step in? It’s wiggling a lot.

 

[Redemption]

Chick pipped but no air hole 3+ hours now. Should I give it 24 hours before I step in? It’s wiggling a lot.

I would wait. if you place the egg up to your ear do you hear a lot of pecking and scraping?

 

[Mountain Roost]

At 3 hours I would not help yet. My most recent hatchlings have been taking 12-18 hours to zip after first pip. Its hard to wait, but so worth it when they do it themselves.

 

[morganhendricks4]

It hatched.

 

[Redemption]

It hatched.

Awesome! Congrats