Day 19 no pips

[Hybridchucks]

so i can see! lol

 

[Hybridchucks]

give her a hug from me also!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

We run 3 Bator's started at different times so there is a bunch of action to keep up with. In our experiences, we get peeps started pretty much on day 20. Day 21 is eventful. Then day 22 we assist by gently cracking a ring around the egg without disturbing the membrane especially on the bottom. The chick needs to absorb the fluid. We tear a little of the inner and out membrane at the peep to give a little incentive. If they are not strong enough to finish the job, they don't but most of the time they make it.

We never had a day 19 chicken peep before. Not saying it's impossible just never witnessed it.
Good luck!!

 

[MommyAndWife]

This was my third hatch and usually on day 18 we have had one chick hatch and then on day 19 we would have about two more hatch. Our first hatch were shipped eggs of 10 New Hamshired Reds and we had 4 hatch. 3 made it and 1 passed away to having hatched with most of its yolk sac out of him. Our second hatch was 22 eggs from my sister in laws chickens and about 4 had blood rings, 8 had embryos and didn't developed correctly, 4 weren't fertile and then we had 2 hatch and my husband thought it would be a good idea to move them out the incubator after I told him not to and that was 2 hours after they hatched and they passed away and then we had two get stuck in their eggs and then we had two more hatch which are alive and well. Then we have this hatch where most of the eggs were infertile so we have had a poor hatch rate but we have our one and only that made it and is walking around and chirping. I had to pull the shell and the membrane off because she was stuck and she was giving up otherwise I wouldn't have stepped in. I was very careful when I did it and she is fine now.