Well, my second chick hatched - with assistance. It is obvious now why it couldn't do it on its own. It has a severe cross beak, and was badly positioned. I'm surprised it managed to pip into the air sac. It also only has one eye- the head is greatly misshapen. If it didn't have the cross beak, I would see how it managed. But it won't be able to eat, so I'll have my husband euthanize it when he gets home tomorrow.
I'm really sad - about this chick, and because I only have 1 healthy chick out of 30 eggs.
So my hatch came down to this:
30 eggs set with terrible air cells. Most did not develop. Nine had some development, but quit before day 10. Two went to lock down under a broody.
1 healthy chick.
I never want to hatch shipped eggs again.