I noticed late last night that one of my seven eggs pipped at the wrong end (day 20). It looked to be through the membrane so I didn't touch it and woke up this morning to see it a little more open.
When I came home this afternoon and opened the incubator to remove two chicks that were having a little rodeo in there I decided to check on the wrong-end-pipper. I tapped and it peeped! So I very carefully peeled away just a few mm of shell to make sure there was enough of a hole to breathe through, and now I've left it. It's been a few hours and two more eggs have hatched (a total of five of the seven have hatched so far). This one has been pipped the longest without any progress. The other one pipped a little this morning (on the proper end) but no action since then.
Do I intervene later tonight (day 21, 24 hours since the initial wrong-end pip)? If so...how???
When I came home this afternoon and opened the incubator to remove two chicks that were having a little rodeo in there I decided to check on the wrong-end-pipper. I tapped and it peeped! So I very carefully peeled away just a few mm of shell to make sure there was enough of a hole to breathe through, and now I've left it. It's been a few hours and two more eggs have hatched (a total of five of the seven have hatched so far). This one has been pipped the longest without any progress. The other one pipped a little this morning (on the proper end) but no action since then.
Do I intervene later tonight (day 21, 24 hours since the initial wrong-end pip)? If so...how???