chicks hatching?

[starrmar006]

I have chicks that are suppose to hatch today ... What time do eggs usually hatch?

 

[Welshies]

At any time!
Good luck!
Remember to be patient and not to help

 

[Chicken Whisper101]

If they don't hatch the 21 then wait till the 24 if they still haven't hatched then they have probably died.

 

[Sublight]

At any time!
Good luck!
Remember to be patient and not to help

Trying not to help is the hardest thing.
Some chicks are lazy hatchers. There is a REALLY good article someone has around here on helping them hatch.
One of the first things it says is BE PATIENT.

The babies will pip first (break a hole) then then will rest. The chick has to absorb the yolk in the egg before it zips itself out of the egg. My first hatching I saw it "pip" and just sat there for hours and did nothing but breathe and squeak. I couldn't stand it and decided to "help". I did this to 2 of them. One died, and one ALMOST died, but I nursed it back to health. There was blood EVERYWHERE. I had to feed it water with a eyedropper.

Hard lesson learned. Leave them alone, mother nature knows better then us. Someone can find the article if you need it. But remember don't do that if possible.

 

[Welshies]

If they don't hatch the 21 then wait till the 24 if they still haven't hatched then they have probably died.

Not necessarily. A low temperature during incubation can delay the hatch by quite a while, surprisingly. Be pateint.

Trying not to help is the hardest thing.
Some chicks are lazy hatchers. There is a REALLY good article someone has around here on helping them hatch.
One of the first things it says is BE PATIENT.

The babies will pip first (break a hole) then then will rest. The chick has to absorb the yolk in the egg before it zips itself out of the egg. My first hatching I saw it "pip" and just sat there for hours and did nothing but breathe and squeak. I couldn't stand it and decided to "help". I did this to 2 of them. One died, and one ALMOST died, but I nursed it back to health. There was blood EVERYWHERE. I had to feed it water with a eyedropper.

Hard lesson learned. Leave them alone, mother nature knows better then us. Someone can find the article if you need it. But remember don't do that if possible.

Agreed,

 

[starrmar006]

I have the incubator on 48 degrees like the instructions said

 

[starrmar006]

and I put 100ml of water in it every 2 days

 

[Sublight]

Just keep watching. You should hear them peeping inside their shells now.

 

[starrmar006]

ill go look

 

[starrmar006]

nothing yet

but the anticipation is killing me