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  1. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    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...
  2. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    Okay so it's been zipped for 2.5 hours now, still not out. Is that normal?
  3. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    Okay thanks! I realize I'm probably overthinking everything but it's all new to me
  4. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    Should I apply coconut oil to the exposed membrane where it pipped or should I just leave it?
  5. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    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.
  6. HeidiGetsChicks

    Malpositioned chick pipped shell but not membrane?

    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...
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