5 have pipped since 12pm but not zipping agh!

[vetgirl00us]

I am not opening the bator this time. Lockdown was supposed to be today and when I went to check and take eggs out of the turner I had an egg with a pip in it. My temp is steady and I put a wash rag in the bator so my humidity is now 65% and holding. I now have 5 pips after just checking thru the window but they are not zipping. I can still hear cheeping. I'm very worried and nervous. I had chicks die last time when I put too much humidity on the bator but I don't want stuck chicks either. My ambient humidity is about 48%.

 

[debilorrah]

65% is PERFECT!!!!! Give them time to hatch. By the time they pip, most chicks are needing a rest. Of course the one I now call Osama Bin Laden went from pip to hatch in 15 minutes.

 

[austinmama]

I just had my first hatching today. 5 so far with 2 almost out. It can take a long time between pipping and zipping. The first pipped last night about 9pm and didn't emerge until about 1pm today. So, be patient. They'll come.

 

[austinmama]

I just had my first hatching today. 5 so far with 2 almost out. It can take a long time between pipping and zipping. The first pipped last night about 9pm and didn't emerge until about 1pm today. So, be patient. They'll come.

 

[vetgirl00us]

thanks guys! i have an osama! he pipped, zipped and is out drying. sooooooo cute! its so much nicer not having dead chicks this go round! i have 4 more that have pipped and im waiting but i HAVE NOT opened my bator!

 

[eggsited chickens]

I had one that pipped in the morning and didn't hatch until 12 hours later. This was on day lock down day and I wasn't ready for any hatching yet! Needless to say, I quickly got everything together and did lockdown.

 

[vetgirl00us]

that's pretty much what i've had to do today. I'm glad I got home from work early.

 

[missionarywife]

How fun! I have 6 hatched and 2 pipped. Going to be gone for the day and hoping to come home to a bunch more.

 

[pgpoultry]

Hope you came back to a bunch, but I have known them take a whole 24 hours about it,
Sandie

 

[FenDruadin]

My duck eggs nearly always take 48 hours from pip to zip. It's AGONIZING. So 12 hours seems like not much to me, lol! I wouldn't worry for at least 24, anyway. It's probably fine.