Day 21 and no pips

[Tvan18]

It’s coming from this tan egg with just the tiny piece of shell off. It begins to rock and chirps loudly and constantly. Stops for a few seconds, then starts again.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Help! My daughter was trying to look in the incubator and tripped and bumped it. All of the eggs were fine except, of course, my blue egg that was the further along got turned so now the pip is down on the tray. Will it still be okay? Or now do I have to open the cover to turn it back over so it can get out? I didn’t wanna do something wrong so thought it best to ask here.

If you haven't already, turn that egg so that the pip hole is upwards.

 

[Tvan18]

I have not. Will I damage it or the others opening the cover now? It rocked and turned slightly, but by no means it’s it upwards.

 

[Tvan18]

Also, the tan egg pipped the underside as well, should I turn that one too?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

It's going to be a long night for you, isn't it?
They're fine. The chirping and rocking, starting and stopping, is normal. Here, check this out. It's two of my chicks chirping at each other while zipping and resting. So stinkin' cute!:

I read somewhere that the chicks actually DO talk to each other from the egg, and the chirping during and after hatch encourages the other eggs to hatch, too.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Yes, open the incubator briefly, just long enough to turn those eggs so that the pip is upwards. Sometimes (rarely, but sometimes) if they pip on the bottom, they drown in their own fluids.

 

[Tvan18]

Yes! Haha thankfully 2 of my 3 littles are down and oldest is at a sleepover.
It was just such a loud chirp compared to the others I was like “oh no!”

 

[Tvan18]

Thank you! That’s good to know since only 4 of the 14 are pipped so I still may have quite a few to watch

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Once they start to "zip" around the shell, they should be out within about 20-30 minutes.

 

[Tvan18]

Turned both. Do the membranes look okay?