Hen is pecking the chicks as they pip through the eggs!!! What do I do?

[ChickenMamaSarah]

Please help! Today is day 19 and 4 of my eggs have started to hatch. The first pip was at about 8 this morning and so far they have only widened the holes a little. We have a Nest cam in my broody box and I’m noticing her standing up a bunch and checking out/moving the eggs. But now she’s started pecking at their beaks through the holes in the eggs!!!! She pecks a few times and the chicks peep loudly then she sits back down again. Any suggestions? I don’t know what to do. It seems like this hatch is taking a long time too. It’s almost 100 degrees outside today too. I have a fan indirectly blowing on her. I’m worried that might be messing things up too. It’s just so hot.

 

[ChickenMamaSarah]

I read on another post that someone suggested offering some feed. I put a handful of mealworms in her nest and she gobbled them up. Hopefully that helps.
Is there anyone out there????

 

[redranger209]

It’s normal. She’s just investigating, leave her to it.

 

[redranger209]

The hatch is taking normal time. It can take 24 hours between pipping at hatching. Mother Nature knows what she’s doing.

 

[redranger209]

Take the fan out, give her cold water. The fan can make the humidity drop and shrink wrap the chicks.

 

[ChickenMamaSarah]

I noticed that the other two that have pipped and not hatched look like the membrane inside the shell is shrinking. Should I help them? One has pipped at the wrong end. It hasn’t made any progress in 8 1/2 hours but there is some blood on the membrane. I’m afraid to do anything for fear it will bleed too much.