Well we woke up this morning and found a surprise, the little guy ended up hatching despite the challenges! You really do have to trust the process I guess. Thanks again for your advice Wisps
Hey Wisps thanks a ton for your helpful reply.
Well what I should have mentioned is that a very small hole from the crack penetrated the membrane. So the air would escape I would imagine. It's on the bottom of the egg where I think the air pocket is. He's been doing good for the last 24 hours...
One of our hens stopped brooding a couple of eggs for seemingly no reason so we took them in to a makeshift incubator.
Thing is that we aren't sure when they were laid, so we've just been turning them every day.
One of the eggs that ended up getting cracked (and repaired with candle wax) has...