I agree, but maybe I'm biase.I feel your pain! That's such a bummer for the kid to have to see that after she was all psyched SQUEE!!!! Baby! Mine took 24 hours after a tiny pip to even kick a little more shell off, just to take another day to open more. All I could do was a q-tip & water to keep the membrane damp. It's so hard to wait when there's just the one egg! She has such pretty D'unccles!