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    Day 24 CHIRPing 24 hours

    How long can a chick peep without having pipped? (Are they using the oxygen inside the egg or can they peep without oxygen)?
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    Day 24 CHIRPing 24 hours

    Thank you. I feel responsible for the problem as I’ve been handling the eggs everyday without regard to the 19 day rule. So it might be erroneous nurture that messed with nature!
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    Day 24 CHIRPing 24 hours

    My hen has been sitting on her clutch of 10 (with additional ones from other hens I’d remove daily). 5 hatched day 21. 1 day 22. 2 were not fertilized and one died at 15 days. (I stupidly moved them daily to check if they were edible or the fertilized eggs. This last one has been...
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