Day 20.

[WVduckchick]

I knowww! Very exciting! What can i expect from here? Doesn't it take them awhile after they externally pip to hatch?

Can take up to 24 hours, but usually 10-16 hours is average.

 

[Jules929]

I knowww! Very exciting! What can i expect from here? Doesn't it take them awhile after they externally pip to hatch?

Yes, they can take 24 hours or more to start zipping. Excruciating excitement! I have another 18 days to go, though, on my current set. Here is a cream legbar eggs this morning:

 

[stm_96]

Can take up to 24 hours, but usually 10-16 hours is average.

Okay so by tonight or early tomorrow you think? I'm guessing they pipped early this morning. I checked them before i went to bed last night and didn't see anything.

 

[WVduckchick]

Okay so by tonight or early tomorrow you think? I'm guessing they pipped early this morning. I checked them before i went to bed last night and didn't see anything.

No guarantees of course, but I’m optimistic that you’ll have chicks this evening! (Even this afternoon is possible!)

 

[Jules929]

I knowww! Very exciting! What can i expect from here? Doesn't it take them awhile after they externally pip to hatch?

I predict that you will be spending the day watching the incubator, not football, lol.

 

[stm_96]

No guarantees of course, but I’m optimistic that you’ll have chicks this evening! (Even this afternoon is possible!)

Oh em geeee lol! I'm so excited!

 

[stm_96]

I predict that you will be spending the day watching the incubator, not football, lol.
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I'm already catching myself going back there every 30 minutes! Lol!

 

[stm_96]

I'm hoping i hit what i wanted with these eggs, at least 1 naked neck silkie!

 

[stm_96]

I hear them chirping!

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm already catching myself going back there every 30 minutes! Lol!

30 minutes?? Wow, you have amazing restraint!