Another question! What does the hen do when eggs begin to hatch?

[DK newbie]

My buttons are not exactly friendly, no. It's relatively easy to get them tame enough to eat treats from your hand and as long as I move slowly they don't panic while I'm cleaning their cage and will even come to investigate after a while. But they won't let me touch them.

 

[crimsonmama]

I have 5 chicks this morning ^^ All dry and fluffy and mom just took them with her from the nest - which means they crossed a roughly 1 inch high barrier, as seen on the picture. Daddy was there too, but he left when I opened the door to grab a pic. So they hatched somewhere between 7 PM last night and 8 AM this morning and already left the nest. I didn't see any pips last night but I could have missed them - didn't want to disturb too much. Hope your hatch goes as well as mine!

That's super! Thanks for the pic. Still waiting on mine! I did check a few eggs for signs of cracks/pips but nothing yet. Can feel movement inside the eggs though. And thought I heard some tapping. I can only check a couple of eggs at a time when mother leaves the next but she doesn't leave it very long now.