Got two blacks and a blue :) the blue I had to help most of the way, it was trying to come out closer to the pointy end!
I am very grateful and surprised that the two eggs I investigated before they were ready made it! Two that I did not interfere with did not hatch all the way.
Good news! Came home to two hatched, one was the one pictured! Two died trying to hatch, one with just a pip and the other halfway through zip... I think the hatched two were rolling them around so much. The zipped one was pushed up against the wall and probably couldn't get out.
So in...
So I investigated one that chirped as I was making a breather hole. It did not yet break through the white membrane, but I saw its beak and broke it through..can they peep before internally pipping?! Or am I misunderstanding the air cell? I hope I didn't ruin it 😭
Most of the eggs are so dark it's hard to tell. I assumed the chirping was a sign that they had internally pipped and we're now using their lungs?
I really can't see well enough to see the beak
Hello! I am incubating some shipped Marans eggs.
On day 18 they started chirping, and the eggs would rock around a little from the chicks moving inside. I thought it was a little early to be hearing them but decided to let them be. Today is day 20, and I no longer hear any chirping nor movement...