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I candles this egg as it is one of two out of 19 that haven’t hatched or pipped yet. I didn’t see any movement and in general the dark portion of the egg seems small for a fully developed chick and then I saw this strange line (see pic) this picture doesn’t show what I saw very well

After 14 hrs and no progress I did a very slow assisted hatch following a post here on BYC. The chick eventually pushed out after 18hrs. The chick is significantly bigger than most of my others. 16/19 have hatched and I assisted with one other malposition. this one took over 24hrs to hatch.

Hi, I'm hatching my first batch of eggs and as I was putting them into lock down tonight I noticed one had pipped at the wrong end. We can hear it chirping, does this mean its getting air? How do I check if the membrane is punctured? Can I open the bator to check on it or will it hurt the other...