Congrats SGM
Zipping, gina4animals, is when the chick in the egg uses its eggtooth to puncture the egg, usually around the circumference where it's head is & then that portion 'pops' off & they either crawl out/fall out/bust out from there. It can take quite some time for a complete zip, and some never do accomplish anything near as tidy as zipping off the cap of the egg; but they seem to hatch anyhow.
I checked on my 2 broodies last night & had one chick out and 1 zipping. This morning there was another zip and I just checked in to see another little wet chick in one of the nests. They're only sitting on 3 eggs each, so we'll see what hatches.
Zipping, gina4animals, is when the chick in the egg uses its eggtooth to puncture the egg, usually around the circumference where it's head is & then that portion 'pops' off & they either crawl out/fall out/bust out from there. It can take quite some time for a complete zip, and some never do accomplish anything near as tidy as zipping off the cap of the egg; but they seem to hatch anyhow.
I checked on my 2 broodies last night & had one chick out and 1 zipping. This morning there was another zip and I just checked in to see another little wet chick in one of the nests. They're only sitting on 3 eggs each, so we'll see what hatches.
