After over 4 hours of it zipped with no progress I assisted. It had a band of leathery membrane stuck hard to its feathers and connecting the two halves of the zip, which I think was its main issue.
I have a few ideas of what I did wrong in the incubating process to cause it. I'm so grateful I...
Okay great thanks! I just thought it was supposed to be a hole rather than covered with the white membrane, I wasn't sure it could breathe through there.
This is my very first time incubating eggs. It's day 21 going on 22, and so far the only egg to pip has pipped on the pointy end. I noticed it 5 hours ago, and a piece of shell just now broke off revealing that the membrane appears still intact.
I can see the broken shell pieces moving so I...