As I've been reading about your eggs "piping and zipping" in your incubators I had a thought about Mother Nature's way of hatching chicks:
as the chicks start to pip under the hen, does she move off the nest to give them room to start breaking out of the shell or does she stay on the nest to provide warmth/humidity to the rest of the eggs?
Is there a chance a chick will actually smother under the hen?
Does anyone know if a hen will actually help a chick zip out of the shell or does she leave them to do it alone?
as the chicks start to pip under the hen, does she move off the nest to give them room to start breaking out of the shell or does she stay on the nest to provide warmth/humidity to the rest of the eggs?
Is there a chance a chick will actually smother under the hen?
Does anyone know if a hen will actually help a chick zip out of the shell or does she leave them to do it alone?