- Apr 12, 2012
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I am hatching my first ever egg and have a question. I started with 12 eggs and am down to just one. Today is day 21 and I checked the egg throughout the day to see if it was doing anything by 6 pm I was assuming that it too was a dud and wasnt going to do anything so I gently broke open an area on the large end of the egg and much to my surprise there is a little chick moving around in there....... Now......... I have lightly covered the egg with a moist paper towel and have turned off the fan in the incubator. Everything I have seen has said to leave the egg alone as the chick will find its own way out and that the stimulation of other chicks pipping and chirping will encourage the rest of the chicks to hatch. So heres my question...... should I leave the egg alone or slightly open the top of the incubator and chirp at it?..... I know it sounds crazy but...... Im willing to help anyway I can.