Chirping...BEFORE the pip??? AHHHH PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[k2chickens]

well i have some eggs in the bator on day 19 and with my head right next to it i could of SWORE i heard chirping. I checked and NO PIPS???? Is this even possible to hear without pipping?? Or am i going crazy??? Mabey they could have pipped on the bottom of the egg, to where i couldn't see the pip through the windows?? Arrrgh!! Im going crazy!!!!

Edit: See post #8


then post #11

 

[Godsgrl]

It is possible. As I understand it, the chick can start to chirp as soon as he gets his beak into the air cell inside the egg. Congratulations, you have chicks on the way very soon!!

 

[Dirt Road]

Once they're in the air cell, you can hear them if they holler!

Jim

 

[JewellFarm]

It sure is. It's great isn't it? I get so excited when mine do that.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

really happens!

 

[skeeter]

thats my favorite part of hatching eggs ,peeping before the shell is piped

 

[k2chickens]

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wow that's awesome!!! well reason i was freaking out was because i have 8 one week old chicks upstairs. The door is closed and we have 10 foot ceilings...but even then when you go upstairs out of the family room...the ceilings go up another 5 feet. The room the week olds are in is directly above the room where my bator is....so i was thinking i was just hearing the babies upstairs...but i just can't see how it was them because the door is closed and they are another floor up??? Maybe im hearing them through the air vent's from upstairs??? lol ahhhhh!!!!!!!!! this is killing me

 

[k2chickens]

omg i just confirmed it. THEY ARE chirping!! wow this is nut's!!!



omg omg what do i do now?? Temp is 99, i have a dish with sponge and water in it...but BOTH of my plugs are still in "LG Forced air" The humidity is reading 68%. I took the plug out a few days ago my humidty PLUMMETED!!! along with my temp..."went down to 95" But i know my chicks need fresh air to circulate. ahhh what should i do??

 

[azelgin]

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As soon as a chick hatches, your humidity will jump up another 5% or so. The wet chicks really add a lot of humidity. You can pull the plugs then.

 

[k2chickens]

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As soon as a chick hatches, your humidity will jump up another 5% or so. The wet chicks really add a lot of humidity. You can pull the plugs then.

thanks... i was gettin ready to go pull the top plug above the fan "thats the one that really get's the fresh air in" and take some tape and cover half of the hole.