This is my first time incubating eggs and I have just 1 egg that pipped at about 4:30 today. About an hour later there was a much bigger crack but nothing since then. Is this normal or is something wrong? My humidity has been at 65-70% for 3 days but just recently dropped to 63% I am not sure if I should open the bator to add water or leave it alone. Anyone who can help it would be much appreciated
SIT ON YOUR HANDS!! Do not open the bator. Do not do it. Expect to wake up to a chick, probably not sooner. Some are really quick, others are slower. In my experience the first is always the slowest. Sometimes it can pip the first, but fully hatch third or fourth. After a few start chirping, things move along faster. Do not open your bator!
i just had chicks that took about 24 hours to finish hatching after they'd pipped. everything was fine. calm down. don't freak. just enjoy the show - - have your camera ready!
As my husband says "back away from the bator".....I know it's hard, I'm going through temptation to open that door!
Just finished our first hatch. First one pipped on the bottom, so we aren't sure when it happened, but the other two had pipped around noon yesterday. When I found that I should flip the bottom pip, we did so, and at 10pm last night, it hatched. The second one, that showed very little movement, hatched an hour later, with the first one basically molesting it the whole time in the bator. We gave up around midnight, 12:30 on the third one, who had pipped the earliest. I did, however, remove the two who had hatched, and at that point, raised the final egg to my ear, and heard slight chirping and pecking. So no intervention, and this was a total 13 hours after pip. It hatched during the night, sometime between 2am and 6am. So give it time...I was insane with worry and stress. Hopefully our 2nd hatch will let us be a little calmer, LOL!
Four hours! Is that all? LOL! Any chick that pips and hatches inside 4 hours should be calling the Guinness book of records. Mine usually take a full day. Some take even longer. Usually they pip then do absolutely squat for at least 12 hours...
