Thanks for the reply,
I have read about the risks of assisting in hatching. Is it true that there is little to no chance of the chick hatching 24 hours after the first pip? I was wondering if it was normal for an egg not to be in action for a few hours after some pips. Its quite obvious but...
I am hatching a small batch of 11 quail eggs. Today is day 16 and four of them hatched. They were fine in the incubator, pushing around other pipped eggs until one got stuck (its quite complicated). I quickly openned the incubator and got the hatched chicks out safely (yay) and closed it in no...