FWF...after what happened last time this hatch when a BL polish pipped at noon...i watched for progress, sounds, cheeps etc...well at 530pm with no progress and less and less noise coming from the egg i decided to intervene...i have just over the course of about 25mins using your directions...
unfortunately the chick appears to be dead...still no movement or unfolding and its been over an hour. I will certainly intervene considerably eariler next time...this chick looks perfect anatomically.
FWF...i put the egg up to my ear...no movement no noise...I checked the pipping site and yes the beak was exposed but again no movment. I figured there was nothing to lose so I helped it out of the egg...actually EXTREMELY easy....didnt take more than 4-5mins total. No bleeding, getting the...
FWF...if there is about 1inch of zipping already around the egg and the process seems to have stopped is it time to help out? Quite honestly i think this chick has only been going at it for about 3-4hours so far so its early days yet, and his two siblings got out just fine. I looked in there...