DAY 19 & Pipping!!? Update ~ 5 Chicks Hatched out of 7!!! (-=

[Chicks_N_Horses]

It is day 19 on my second batch in the bator (fried the first ones) and I looked in with a flashlight earlier and there is a pip!!!!

Will it make it this early?

Should I not open the bator at all anymore?

 

[DANNY]

Sounds like you are right on time. You should have a good hatch. My eggs always start pipping on the 19th and 20 th day and will be finished hatching on the 21st day. That's the way they are suppose to do.
Good Luck

 

[Missouri chick]

Way to go!! Isn't it the best feeling?

 

[Dirt Road]

Best to not open the incubator until they are finished.

Jim

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

LOL There was that brief feeling of doing it right but now it has covered with anxiety!

I have 3!!!

3 are pipping. One looked kind of like a crack, like if one had rolled over and knocked the other. But it can't be a crack because I have been keeping a close check on these buggers!

I am so happy, the ones that are pipping are from my beloved BO hen that someone let out a week or so ago and something got her. I think it was the fox. I was so upset when I found her gone but I still had her eggs in the bator so I have been really hoping to hatch her babies at least...Please Lord, let them hatch!!

 

[kelseygirl707]

Sounds about right, my first hatch I had a few babies by the end of dad 18! And they all were healthy and active!

 

[MissPrissy]

Day 19 is early if they are hatching and not just pipping. Your temps may still be just a tad high and rushed the development. Congrats on your hatch.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

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I have had trouble with this bator with high temps. I have been having to monitor it constantly but I have kept it under 102 at least.

They are just pipping now, not hatching. There is tiny pecks in the eggs. I can hear chirping when I put my ear to it.

If they have been rushed a little then will it still produce healthy chicks??

 

[willowcol]

Yes they should be perfect. Congratulations!!!!

 

[MissPrissy]

Way to go on watching the temps! I hope your hatch is fabulous!