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Not unless you are incubating in a rain forest. The loss of humidity inside the incubator can make it impossible or difficult for the rest of the chicks to hatch, since they have absorbed the fluid in the egg by the time they pip. They need the moisture in the incubator to keep the membranes...

Pipping is the tiny hole to the outside world that you see. Zipping is a series of pips around the circumference of the egg, which allows the chick to pop the shell apart. Both natural stages are important for proper development, such as yolk absorption, air sac development, blood vessel...

You can practice candling your cooking eggs. They don't have to be fertile or incubated to show the air cell or yolk shadow.

I've never had air pockets on the pointy end, so I can't advise you on what to do. You're sure it's not just the albumen that you see, rather than the air cell?

Don't be alarmed about the air cell being on the fat end...that is where it is supposed to be! Fat end up!