Today is day 20 on six Lavender Orpington eggs in the incubator given to us from a friend. The friend had apparently left eggs under the hens until the day before he passed them onto my husband to bring home so I have been worried about different development stages from the beginning, but I've only had one that I thought maybe looked a little ahead, or maybe positioned differently compared to the others. I am wondering if this egg is the same egg I have my question with. At approximately 1230 today I just so happened to see this chick externally pip. Given the position, I suspected internal/external simultaneously. From what I've read, that would be consistent with a theoretic day 20 since it is "skipping" the internal pip into the air cell. I can see respiratory effort, I can hear faint peeping. I cannot appreciate any body parts, including beak. Given all this, I should just sit in my hands and wait, right? I guess my concern is if this was the one I thought looked a little ahead, and it attempts to turn in the middle of the night, will it suffocate itself? No way to know? I greatly appreciate any advice, input, or even plain ol' reassurance.
