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THE EGG IS PIPPING

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Basically, the term pipping is just a scientific way of saying that the egg is beginning to hatch. These small little cracks start to appear, meaning the chick is getting in position to break on through.
When Maura captured this picture, she figured the chick was a day or so away from hatching.