Help...Can hear chick chirp in the egg and do I need to do anything.

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She continues to sit on them, and the chicks wriggle out between her wings and feathers when they are strong and curious enough to venture out. Its really cute. You can tell when the chicks are starting to hatch because the hen will cluck softly to them, as if the encourage them to come out of their shells. Don't bother her a lot once the chicks start coming out because they won't all hatch at once, and she might give up on the late comers and get off the nest when they need her the most.
 
Hey guys. So interesting reading other people’s thoughts on there hatching experience and seeing how it compares. We have a brooding hen... I think she was born ready to brood, she started laying and about a month later refused to on leave. The thing I went wrong is I didn’t know if she was going to collect the eggs first. She only really had only one of her eggs because we took them to eat before she started. Sooo the other chickens started laying eggs for her and we ended up with different day eggs. After the second eggs that hatched she started getting up a lot, after 4 baby and about a week after her 21 days she’s still wanting more eggs? We ended up putting the rest that are half ready in the incubator
 

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So this was probably a no no but I didn’t know what to do. So she gave up on the eggs and we put some of the eggs in the incubator. We have one hatching now, it started last night made a lot of peeping though the egg but no crack in the morning I saw it peeping so I tried to put it in with the mom because the incubator was full and there wasn’t much space the thing is she do anything she wasn’t even sitting on it. I tried to peel the egg shell of a little bit it still seems stuck. A hole afternoon about 8 hours went buy there’s not much progress it’s been back in the incubator. It’s still making peeping sounds. Should I help it more
 
Earthmamafl said:
So this was probably a no no but I didn’t know what to do. So she gave up on the eggs and we put some of the eggs in the incubator. We have one hatching now, it started last night made a lot of peeping though the egg but no crack in the morning I saw it peeping so I tried to put it in with the mom because the incubator was full and there wasn’t much space the thing is she do anything she wasn’t even sitting on it. I tried to peel the egg shell of a little bit it still seems stuck. A hole afternoon about 8 hours went buy there’s not much progress it’s been back in the incubator. It’s still making peeping sounds. Should I help it more
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Happy Chooks said:
Deep breath......................You have not hurt the eggs in the least. Mother Nature is stronger than you think. They can peep a day ahead of pipping. When you hear peeping, they have broken through the air sac internally. They usually rest for a bit, then pip through the shell. Then rest, then start zipping. I wouldn't pull her off the nest anymore - though you can slide your hand under her a bit and take a quick peek here and there. (and remove empty shells) Hatching can be a slooooooow process - especially when you are camped out next to them hatching. Go clean, take a drive, eat dinner - distract yourself.
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I'm also moving this to the incubating section for you.
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Thanks so much for this information. Since yesterday I’m also hearing a peachick from inside it’s shell but no visible signs of cracks on the shell surface
 
MagicMarcy66 said:
We took our broody hen out to go poop this afternoon and while she was out I decided to candle the eggs quickly and in egg #4 I could hear the chick peeping. I called my son to bring Bertha back in and put her immediately on the eggs again. Egg #4 was the only egg I heard peeping from. I also noticed the air sac has changed size and shape. It has enlarged. I am so scared I have caused grave harm to this chick, and I sure hope not.

How long will the peeping go on but no piping(no shell cracks to show the hatching process is taking place)? My husband and kids have all firmly agreed that if these chicks can not hatch on there own then they would not be good additions to our flock. We believe in survival of the fittest.

We are really hoping that the hen will do her job and I really think she will because we almost lost her a couple weeks ago because she would not leave the nest to eat or drink so she is now residing in my bedroom in a Veri-kennel.

Any advice is welcome so I can have an educated understanding of this process.

Lisa
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I disagree with your "survival of the fittest" theory. Plenty of healthy and strong chicks simply get stuck during hatching and leaving them to die over being deemed weak is cruel. Very rarely is a stuck chick actually unhealthy or untreatable. Many times this attitude just ends up wasting good chicks! It's fine if you don't want to interfere, let nature run it's course, but this theory has been proven wrong time and time again.
 

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