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So I help the chick out of the shell. It is doing okay. It is huge. Like 50% bigger than any of the other chicks. Could that be why it was stuck funny in the shell?

Thanks ChickenCanoe. At this point I think I am just going to help it. I will let you know how it goes.

This is the hen's third brood. the other two brood she sat on until about three days before hatch day. None of those broods hatched. So this time when she got of the eggs, I let them sit for most of the day before taking them and setting them under a heat lamp. 5 over yesterday and today. Two...

Also, these eggs were hatched by the mother. About 3 days ago she abandoned the eggs. I let them sit all day and she would not return to the eggs. I do not have an incubator, so I just put them under a heat lamp. 5 of 12 have hatched.

Others have been hatching since yesterday morning. I think this is the last one as no other eggs have pipped

I am a second time egg hatcher. One of the chicks zippered, popped the top off, then started coming out butt first. It has had its hind end and wings are poking out of the egg for about 12 hours with no progress. It's head and feet are still in the egg. It has been moving quite a bit, but there...