cheeping in shell but no pipping - how long until dangerous?

[technodoll]

Chicks are due tomorrow, but the bator's been running a bit on the high side during the past 20 days.

I've been hearing a chick peep from inside an egg since this morning but nothing has pipped yet.

These silkie eggs have quite a thick, tough shell...

Could the baby be trapped?

How long does it have with the air cell before it dies, if it cannot pip the shell?

 

[TamiHunter]

I have incubated silkie eggs before and sometimes it takes a while....be patient, they are on there way!!

 

[Kittymomma]

I started hearing mine cheap a full 24 hours before pipping. Sounds like things are on schedule, but I know the waiting is hard. I had to sit on my youngest instead of my hands, he reminded me of the dad in the hospital waiting room from the old black and white movies--minus the smoking.

 

[technodoll]

LOL!

OK so they are good with the air cell inside the egg for a day before pipping then?

I don't want the babies to suffocate before reaching fresh air...

These silkie eggs have really thick shells

Or maybe I worry too much???

I want these babies!!!

 

[silkiechicken]

They'll be fine. They can cheap the entire day before popping through the shell. Not only did they have the air sac, that shell is permeable to O2 and Co2.

 

[technodoll]

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I did not know that - wow, thanks for the info!

This is my 4th incubation and I still feel like a dummy

 

[sonjab314]

Maybe I am half deaf but I have never heard any of my chicks peep before they start to zip

. I have even been surprised by a chick that hatched on day 18, before I went into lockdown. I'm sure your babies will be just fine. Step back, breath and be patient. Trust the chick to do what its supposed to do

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[technodoll]

WE HAVE A PIP!!!

I'm so relieved

 

[sonjab314]

Go chickies go

 

[sheila3935]

Congrats it wont be too long now at least for you I hope not. I just hatched ducklings, that 1 took almost 2 days from first pip til hatch. I was going crazy wondering if I should help it, but in the end she did it all by herself.