Yeah I always had bantams hatch or part bantams, this is my first "normal size" chicken hatching. I think the fact that she's sitting on so many eggs might have a big impact on it as well.
I was observing her nest while she was off and it just made me worried when no one seemed to have any pips. Thank you so much for the information, it's been years since I've had chicks hatch and I don't remember much of what happened when it did.
So my hen, Edna, is sitting on a clutch of nineteen eggs (I didn't realize she was on so many until she was off eating for about three minutes today). While she was being grumpy, I went and checked on the eggs. No one has any pips in them yet and now I'm starting to worry. Could they all have...