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Pip not all the way thru??

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4/9/12 at 1:50pm
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I have a broody silkie sitting on an egg.  It started to pip today, I don't know when.  I noticed when she got up to get a drink and eat that it was pipped.  I looked at it and the shell is cracked out, but the inner membrane is still in tact-- it didn't break all the way thru.  Is that okay?  I imagine it will keep going?  I hope I'm worrying over nothing.  I've really been kind of neurotic over this!  ha!  Anyway, I set the egg back and when she got back in the nest, she rolled it back under her again and I haven't touched it since.  Can't see what it's doing now, and I have no intention on messing with her.  

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Bearded BBS Silkies for exhibition and to SOP, WCB Polish, Barred Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes 
My Coop Page  and  Cookie Tin Heater Instructions  and  My Chicken Page

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4/9/12 at 4:44pm

Good idea to leave her alone. The chick will either hatch, or it won't. It's normal for a small pip to show up first, and then nothing for several hours (some will say up to 24 hours).

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