Egg hatched 8 hrs ago, not walking yet

Gotalotofpetstoo

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So the first of 3 eggs hatched this morning at 3:30. No problems getting out of the shell. However, it has been 8 hours and she is still not standing. She's moving around the incubator, but only by crawling. Is there likely something wrong that I can/should help her with, or is this normal? She also doesn't appear to be completely dry yet. Temp and humidity have been steady since lockdown at 99.5 and 70%. The other 2 eggs have not popped yet so should I take her out and do something or put some electrolyte water in there for her?

 
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I would just not disturb it, they need time to adjust and straighten their legs and neck from being so cramped inside the egg.

It will take some more hours for the chick to dry as the humidity inside an incubator increases a lot after hatching.

The chick has just absorbed the egg yolk which will give it enough nutrients, I see no need to intervene at this moment.
 

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