So update (part 2)
Let the chick sit overnight, still no progress. It was a chirpin' so I said screw it, I'll peel more shell.
Peeled and peeled and it never bled so I took that as it was read to get out.
I cracked all the shell off and peeled the membrane off it and now he's doing okay...
So I let him sit awhile while I cleaned the coop. I came back to it and still nothing changed so I went ahead and picked some more shell off.
Eventually though I hit some blood so I think he still needs time.
So one of my hens got broody a few weeks back and I decided to go ahead and let her sit on an egg.
To my surprise, the egg actually survived development and pipped yesterday morning.
The chick made a bigger hole a few hours ago but stopped making anymore progress so I removed a bit of the...