First time incubating....need help!

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I can see her beak and the peeping is not from her....her beak isn't moving. Did I lose her? Or could she be resting? Should I help?
 
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

It may just be resting. It's very hard work for them to hatch. If you feel you need to help please read the above link before doing so. It's a great article and talks you right through everything. I personally would wait untill 24 hours after the initial external pip. Helping too early can cause more harm than good. Good luck :fl
 
Yorkshire coop said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

It may just be resting. It's very hard work for them to hatch. If you feel you need to help please read the above link before doing so. It's a great article and talks you right through everything. I personally would wait untill 24 hours after the initial external pip. Helping too early can cause more harm than good. Good luck
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x2. I'd keep an eye on her but give her some more time to do her thing. Many of them rest a lot while hatching.
 
Thanks to both of you! Gosh this is so much more stressful than when I gave birth to my human children! LOL
 
brandymckay said:
Thanks to both of you! Gosh this is so much more stressful than when I gave birth to my human children! LOL
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Too right!! And it only gets slighly better the more and more you hatch. Each one is just as nerve wracking and exciting all rolled into one as the last. But once you have the addiction it's very hard to stop :barnie
 
brandymckay said:
I can see her beak and the peeping is not from her....her beak isn't moving. Did I lose her? Or could she be resting? Should I help?
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When mine got too quiet for to long after peeping I'd play a youtube video on my phone of baby chicks peeping and lay it on the incubator. The minute she heard it she'd start peeping and moving....lol Then I could relax for a while and let her cause I knew she was ok. It is pretty stressful!! LOL
 
AmyLynn2374 said:
When mine got too quiet for to long after peeping I'd play a youtube video on my phone of baby chicks peeping and lay it on the incubator. The minute she heard it she'd start peeping and moving....lol Then I could relax for a while and let her cause I knew she was ok. It is pretty stressful!! LOL
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Playing the chick peeping for them is a great idea. When they hear other chicks peeping it encourages them to try to get out even more. I always try to place my eggs close together for hatch so they can hear one another. When one gets out it is like a cheerleader for the rest.
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