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It always amazes me how BIG they are once they unfold... 😳 I wish I was that efficient when packing a suitcase. 😂

Nm... I minimally assisted since he was committed to coming out that little hole and got stuck. I broke away a few spots around the edge where he was stuck and he pushed his way out! 😍

@MGG The little fella turned this morning while I was on a conference call. I'm assuming I should assist since he seems stuck in the open shell?

I candled the pointy end. DEFINITELY a lot of blood vessels that haven't been absorbed yet... I'm doing my best to keep the membrane moist and humidity is at 80% right now.

I don't have a hygrometer unfortunately... 😔

When I candled last night, I did candle both ends and noticed he seemed squished against the air cell end with tons of room on the pointy end. Good to know that's normal! And yes, there's definitely still a few veins which is why I was very hesitant to assist any further after I caused a very...

OK, I peeled back more of the shell and found where he has pipped through the membrane. The membrane is definitely dark yellow and there's a noticeable gap between the membrane and the outer shell. Trying to show the yellow membrane -

When I first opened into the air cell (when I thought it was a dead egg), the inner membrane was white but was suctioned to the duckling's body like it was vacuum sealed. The duckling was hardly moving and not making any sound. At that time, the incubator humidity was around 60%. I immediately...

OK, this little fella has been chirping since at least yesterday morning. When I first opened the shell into air cell (thinking the egg was dead), it was clearly shrink-wrapped. I'm not sure if this fella is malpositioned or not. Here's a new video with a close-up. You can clearly see his...

OK, I have a question for you long-time, experienced incubators. If a chick/duckling has NOT pipped into the air cell but is chirping, would that mean it has pipped in a different part of the egg and is breathing air, right? Can a chick/duckling chirp WITHOUT breaking the shell membrane?