Chick already in air pocket and pecking on day 18?!

[sabrinaTmartens]

Hi guys,

I have 10 silkie eggs in my incubator.
I put them in there on the night of august the 21st.
So they have been in there for almost 18 days now.

Tonight i was doing one last candling check up, before raising the humidity and putting the incubator on lockdown.

I noticed some of the eggs looked like they might be in different stages then others, some were almost completely dark already and other were still 1/3 clear, but all moving allot, so that's good.

Halfway the candling i noticed that in one of the eggs, the chick was already in the air pocket and pecking.

I also noticed 2 dark bumps in that air pocket. ( maybe it was just that the chick was in a weird position, but i looked slightely off)

Should i worry the egg is already started to hatch on day 18??

 

[bobbi-j]

There's no reason to worry - it's not going to change anything, and there's really nothing you can do about it.

It seems that there are always a couple of "early birds" in every hatch.

 

[HugHess]

There's no reason to worry - it's not going to change anything, and there's really nothing you can do about it.

It seems that there are always a couple of "early birds" in every hatch.

X2 My first two were peepin and rockin' late on day 18 and zipped out by day 19! So I agree with bobbi-j.

 

[sabrinaTmartens]

Then there don't be a reason to worry he's a few days ahead of the other eggs.

I did noticed something else which i have never seen before during hatching when i candled yesterday.

I saw the chicks head and beak on one side in the air pocket, but on the other side i noticed another dark bump, which looked to be moving seperately.

At one point the bump with the beak moved very slow, but the other bump moved very active.

I am almost afraid they might be twins, even though the changes are very odd.

Is there a way to be sure? Maybe weight the egg?