Broody Hen eggs are hatching!!! Help please!

[hildaberg]

Hi!!
This is my first time hatching eggs under a broody, ive currently got two girls sitting next to each other in a seperate pen, they are sharing their eggs and dont seem to fight with each other, i checked this morning and one of my eggs had a pip in it! I haven't seen the chick's beak yet and I was just worried that it might've died already since I haven't actually seen the chick do anything. Should I be worried?

 

[aart]

Be patient, leave her be....no peeking!

 

[NatJ]

Short answer: do not worry, leave it alone, be patient.

Long answer found in this article:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

(The article tells when to help a chick hatch, and how to help. If you try to help too soon, you can kill the chick. It really does need to poke a hole and then sit for a while.)

 

[Martaals]

How many days have they been sitting?
Unless it's like extremely too early or way overdue, just leave them do their thing!

 

[hildaberg]

How many days have they been sitting?
Unless it's like extremely too early or way overdue, just leave them do their thing!

I only just checked this morning and saw a little pip, it's been about 30 minutes since I checked.

 

[hildaberg]

I only just checked this morning and saw a little pip, it's been about 30 minutes since I checked.

And it's day 18 for this egg which is a bantam so I think that's normal?

 

[Martaals]

That's perfect, it might still take a while. Leave them to it, don't peek!

 

[3KillerBs]

Mama should know what to do. Let her instincts do the work.

 

[Chookchicken]

Leave the egg. There isn’t anything to worry about. It can be up to 24hrs after they pip for them to hatch. I wouldn’t check underneath her again until tomorrow morning. You can check on her every few hours or so to see if there is a little chick walking about, just not underneath her.

 

[MountainWoman73]

So exciting! It's normal for chicks to take long breaks where they don't make much progress. My first hatch, the egg peeped at me when I checked on it first thing in the morning, barely made progress all day...and then finally hatched around 6 pm.