um I don't know but i think theres something because how would it hatch more![]()
and when i got the egg the coop was dirty and it smelled so there should be something in it because in the last hour it opened more the top might come off tonight and it might hatch all the way tomorrow
Now I'm beyond confused. You say the coop was dirty and smelly when you took the egg. So the egg was in a coop and not an incubator?
Progress of a Rotten Egg:
The reasons an egg will crack, and then crack even more and start to expand more aren't just from hatching. A rotten egg will usually "weep" before it cracks. Weeping looks like little spots or specks of tree sap or dried honey. After it's been weeping for a while, without being removed, it will crack. After the crack, over time it will expand and crack more as the rottenness inside the egg begins to expand outward.
I'm not saying you have a rotten egg, you might have a very healthy chick in there - and for your case, I sincerely pray that is true.

Ugh - I really wish someone ELSE would post on this thread - someone with experience (no idea where everyone is, but there are viewers [lurkers] here who aren't posting).