Anyone else getting ready for some new baby hatching?

[newbiechickie]

Mine are supposed to start tomorrow

if everything goes well. Congrats to both Momhunter and CarolineNH, glad hatching is going good and no serious problems. I love your border collie CarolineNH, it is gorgeous and reminds me of my pug with the chicks. Tido will sit by the chicks and just stare and them and if they will get close enough he will sniff them and then move away.

I do have a question about vibrations that could hurt the chicks inside the eggs. I have a very rowdy 2 year old who persists on running, stoming, and jumping through the house and it does jar the eggs around in the incubator quite a bit. I also live near a military base and they set off huge booms that shake my house almost everyday. I have had several chicks that were fully developed and died before hatching. Could this be the reason why?

 

[PartridgeRckgal]

Tomorrow is day 21 for mine.....have 2 pips so far!!

 

[newbiechickie]

Tomorrow is day 21 for mine also and I have 1 pipped to.

 

[PartridgeRckgal]

That's great newbiechickie!!

 

[newbiechickie]

Just checked in the bator again and I have 1 pipped and 1 that is now zipping.

 

[JW21]

I'm at the end of day 21 and no pips or any sign of activity. Starting to get really worried

 

[Easter eggers]

Guess were in the same boat. Mine are on day 22 don't give up.

 

[newbiechickie]

Yes, don't give up, I had eggs wait to hatch until day 23 before.

 

[newbiechickie]

Just checked again and now I have 4 pipped and the one that started to zip has stopped. I am a little nervous about it, is this normal? Is the chick ok?

 

[JW21]

Just checked again and now I have 4 pipped and the one that started to zip has stopped. I am a little nervous about it, is this normal? Is the chick ok?

It's probably just resting, I wouldn't worry about it right now. I've had some zip in just a few minutes and some stop and rest a lot. Just keep an eye on him.