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That one hadn't pipped, but the other one did. I left it alone when it "rested" and shouldn't have. The poor baby died with its' beak sticking out of the egg. I know, Nature knows best, but it's still a heartbreaker. I candled the last egg, the one with the "dirt pip," and it's very much alive...

I wish! I thought so, too at first, but it's a dirt spot. Mama "christened" the nest as she left with the four she hatched herself ...

UPDATE! We have at least one more peep! I came down this morning to one wet, exhausted baby! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! Meet "Jackie" (hopefully not "Jack!") from the egg Pepper hijacked from one of her sisters ...

Next time, either move her or block off the box so she's the sole proprietor. My little Nankin hen took two tries, too, and just hatched out four new babies ... plus the one we managed to incubate from her first abandoned clutch, that makes five new babies for a critically endangered chicken...

My broody lasted not quite three days, then he pooped in the nest and walked away with her babies. I candled what was left and put the three possible latecomers in the incubator, just in case. Mama swiped two eggs from her sisters' nests on Day 3, so if we have nothing in five days, the...