Miracle in the Incubator: How 7 Chicks Emerged from Just 12 Eggs Against All Odds!
Long story short – I helped. I got out a tiny pair of scissors and a small hemostat clamp. I trimmed a tiny amount of shell away from the hole, making sure not to damage the membrane. Hours went by, no progress. The little bird was trying as hard as it could but the hole in the egg wasn’t getting any better. I pulled it out of the incubator, and separated some more shell from the hole, and trimmed some of the membrane because the bird couldn’t poke through it either. After another couple of hours, I trimmed some more shell and some more membrane. When I went to bed, the bird was still fighting to simply try to rip the membrane, and poke its head out. Chicks are supposed to be able to rotate 360 degrees in the egg while making small cracks, similar to a can opener – only much slower. This one wasn’t turning at all.
