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I am happy to report that we are now 5.5 days from hatch and the air cells are enlarging closer to what I'd expect for day 15. And the egg which had two air cells now has one large merged cell. Every egg still has a veiny, moving, chick. 🤞

Ah ha! Got it. So there's no way to do it ahead of lockdown is what I'm hearing, I have to get in there and mess about during lockdown for these 2 eggs after they pop through. I'm glad there are some nice people here! Thank you so much!! :)

Why do you keep assuming they won't pip internally? I don't understand. Bolding and underlining the same sentence repeatedly isn't truly helpful I'm afraid. Might you offer some other words of advice and kindness?

I still have 5 days left of normal incubation and I'm running at the lower end of the humidity band - around 40-45% to help them but not screw up the guy with the ginormous cell. I'm not sure why we're assuming they won't pip internally, they seem happy and healthy. They have air cells, but I...

I think they could survive if they internally pipped while I was sleeping, but I'm not sure we'll make 24 hours. I'm trying to balance getting their air holes bigger while not screwing up their buddies who are progressing normally. Lockdown will start early Friday morning or late Thursday night.

I have one egg with a very small air cell, and another egg that was near-scrambled during shipping and actually has _2_ air cells. Happy, moving, well veined chick, 100% certain not a gas bubble. Both are small, well stabilized, and I figure it was one air cell originally that split from...