Day 19. Anxiety

[Mother of Chicks]

I thought I heard a chirp but it was my nose whistling (hayfever).

 

[wtxgrl]

5 of my 7 eggs have moved a little. Nothing else. O.m.g.!!!!

 

[Djones24]

Two pips now, and movement from one other egg. A few loud chirps. The original pip is making a tiny bit of progress...I'm so worried!!! Plus, the second pip is in the middle of the egg!

 

[Mother of Chicks]

Two pips now, and movement from one other egg. A few loud chirps. The original pip is making a tiny bit of progress...I'm so worried!!! Plus, the second pip is in the middle of the egg!

Deep breaths. It will be fine. Shout if you need a hand though - I am not experienced, but I have read the whole of BYC so that counts for something, right?

I'm just checking Google for everything that could go wrong while watching 2 eggs do jack.

 

[wtxgrl]

Deep breaths. It will be fine. Shout if you need a hand though - I am not experienced, but I have read the whole of BYC so that counts for something, right?

I'm just checking Google for everything that could go wrong while watching 2 eggs do jack.

Yeah, my eggs are doing bupkis as well. Come on chickens, hatch!

 

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

Hope everyone’s hatches today are going well or are starting to get going. My face is right up against the incubator window. Fiancé has taken to calling me broody since I don’t want to be bothered as I already missed the first one hatch. Here’s a chick pic of my first little one to hatch to tie you other broody humans over haha. 4 more have pipped! It’s day 21 now.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Mine are late bloomers! I'll blame it on my drafty old house. Day 21 and not a pip or peep, just a couple of wiggles.

 

[Krisitne]

Mine are late bloomers! I'll blame it on my drafty old house. Day 21 and not a pip or peep, just a couple of wiggles.

It’ll happen. I have chicks popping outta shells like crazy under my broodys but of the ones in the incubator, the one that pipped at 6:30 this morning has barely made progress and a second has pipped but it’s going sooo slow in there..
I’m getting old before my time waiting for this!

 

[Djones24]

My first pipper is here! He's loudly complaining in the incubator and knocking eggs all over the place! I hope they're all ok!

 

[Djones24]

I should also mention. This guy took 22 hours from external pip to hatch. I kept thinking I should intervene. I'm glad I sat on my hands!