Half Shell Hatch-A-Long! (Caution, unsuccessful, please read whole thread before attempting)

[MGG]

Hi guys! So I'm trying this finally! I'm going to try this with two chicken eggs. I'm going to cut a chicken egg shell in half, set the half inside a Dixie cup, poke a few air holes in the bottom/sides of the cup, crack the egg inside the shell, cover the top with saran wrap, and put it in. The chicks are crosses from my flock, my Blue Laced Red Wyandotte pullet X Buff Brahma Bantam Rooster (Egg #1) and Partridge Cochin Pullet X Buff Brahma Bantam Rooster (Egg #2). I'm really excited about the PC egg. I just have one problem, I already have duck eggs on day 7 in the incubator which are higher on the priority list. I don't know how to turn the cups though. That's my main problem. Anyway, if anyone wants to try this that would be awesome! I'd love to see if it works, and it would be really fun to do this along with a few others. So if you want to try a fun experiment, put in a half shell egg! I'm setting the eggs tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to tag @FortCluck @CluckNDoodle @WVduckchick @JaeG . FC do you have any suggestions on how to turn them? Excited to try this! I'll post pics when I do this tomorrow.

 

[MGG]

Here it was at 28 hours.

 

[MGG]

Update! Here is my egg, Day 8.
She looks like a little alien

 

[MGG]

So, here's ET right now, Day 17.
Should I take off the saran wrap or put some holes in the wrap for more oxygen? When I took off the wrap to take these pics ET peeped! Twice! Also, any ideas on what this white "stuff" is would be great.

 

[MGG]

How’s ET

Good. Here she is right now. I just took off the wrap, I'm sitting here letting in some oxygen. You should be able to see her eye.

 

[MGG]

Update!
All 4 are still doing good. #1 and #2 are on day 12.
#3 is on day 11, and #4 is on day 10.
I got some really cool pics.
Here is #1, this one wasn't very active during the photo shoot. All you can see is his big head, lol.

#1

Sorry, it's kind of a bad pic. I'll try to get a better one later if he's more active.

This is the air cell one, before and after being moistened. It has a weird white goopy thing that I'm a bit concerned about. You can see it in this first pic.
#2

Here is #3. I think this one is my favorite, as in looks the best to me.

You can see the wing in the below pic. Right on the right side of the leg.

And #4. This one is a super active little thing. It's egg tooth is formed. In this first pic (below) you can see the egg tooth behind It's left leg. It's feet are so cute and tiny.

 

[MGG]

Ok, 72 hours (day 3)

it's hard to tell in the pic, but I can definitely see a reddish embryo in the middle.

 

[MGG]

Ok, sorry that took forever.
@MysteryChicken what do you think of the coloring? Also, I threw in a funny pic of me trying to keep her still. It's the blurry one, lol

And the funny one

@TheOddOneOut come see my baby!

 

[MGG]

Here's some sneak peak pics of #4. Eyes are open! No down on this baby yet.

I am taking pics daily, but only 1 minute max for each baby per day. I'm treating it like lockdown at all times. Humidity is staying nice and high. I love the little white egg tooth.

 

[MGG]

Just took this. Good night everyone.