I was so scared of touching it but it had pipped on Tuesday and had started to zip, but then stopped for somereason. Yesterday it didn't seem to do much and I told myself if it still hadn't done anything by this morning I was going to operate. So when I got up I opened the bator (yes others are still hatching but I am doing a dry hatch so I wasn't too worried about the humidity which is at 55%) I broke the shell off and held a shrink wrapped baby with a tiny little hole. The membrane was mostly dried up around its feet and head area. I gently peeled all of the membrane back and out came a chick. Breathing. It layed there for a little while but is already up and running around! YAY!! That makes 23 standard cochins!!
That's great!~~~~~~~~~~The girls wanted to help one with the last hatch, I thought it was a lost cause, so we slowly chipped it out. The chick was sad looking for hours. I can't tell which one it is now. Best of luck with all your hatches.
