day 21 no pipping!

[MallyCat22]

Yesterday was day 20 and at around 8 a.m. We noticed lots of rockin (all 10 eggs showed signs of movement) and a few chirps. Today being the 21st day I was expecting to see eggs starting to pip but the movement and chirping has mostly stopped especially from the most active of eggs. Should I be concerned? after chirping how long can they stay in the shell without a pip? Is there a reason they dont pip? at some point should you help pip? I hope everything is o.k.

 

[justtoni44]

Good morning.
I am certain you will get advise from others with more knowledge but I can share my experience.
It is the start of day 24 for me..............heard peeping last night....have one beautiful chick so far this morning.
As I have written my concerns these past few days...folks have encouraged me to give it a little time.
I guess they do not always hatch on day 21. Several of the folks with my hatch date went 23 or 24 days.
Also have read here that thier getting quiet after moving in thier shell.......means they are resting before hatch.
Good luck

 

[lilblessings5]

Don't have much advice to offer. Hatching is new to me too. We are also on 21 and we don't have a PIP or a peep or rocking either. LOL

But- it does sound like you are on your way. Good Luck, keep us posted.

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

Hi, I am hatching again after a lull of many years and I am so grateful for this site and all the expertise. My obsession has shifted from staring at the eggs (day 20 and no peeps or movement that I have noticed - but now I know that`s okay) to reading posts....so I have been reading lots

It sounds like it is pretty normal for the eggs to quiet down before hatching as the chicks save their energy for the big job ahead. I am so glad for what I am learning here.
I wish you all well...and a happy hatching anticipation.

 

[MallyCat22]

Well it must be good luck to post concerns. Soon after I spoke of my concerns, 3 eggs pipped......Still no movement from yesterdays most active eggs but lets hope. Im just concerned im doing something wrong.

 

[Southpaw970]

I just finished my first hatch. They were due to hatch on Tuesday. Saw some rocking and heard peeping Wednesday night and then nothing. I was certain they weren't going to hatch and was getting kind of worried and sad. Then we had our first pip Thursday around midnight. The first chick wasn't actually out of the egg until Friday afternoon. The next two came out Saturday around 3 am, and the last one Saturday around 2 pm.
My advice is to be patient and don't give up too soon.
Good Luck!

 

[taveltkamp]

Thank you for all the posts!!! We are on Day 23 and I'm getting anxious! Our humidity and temp levels are perfect. We had 8 eggs and one chick hatched on Day 19 and is very lonely for the rest of her siblings! I'm glad to hear of others who have gone to 23 and 24 days because I'm starting to wonder if there really is anything in those eggs.

Thanks for all the wonderful info on this site. Hopefully, we'll get some piping really soon. I can't hear if there is any peeping going on because our chick that hatched is really loud whenever we go over by her brooder box and so I can't hear anything in the incubator just above her.

Hope I can post in the next 2 days that we have 7 more chickees!
Tatia

 

[aeg1001]

We did the same thing. we waited and waited on our 21 day, i felt like i was looking at the incubator every 5 min. but when i came home on the 22 day we had a pip and shortly after our first chick. it seemed like it sprung out of its shells, while its neighbor didn't make it

but we are learning. it sound like u r going to b very busy with new chicks soon, good luck!!!

 

[cedar post]

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My question to you would be what is your humidity at?

 

[L0rraine]

I second a lot of the other advice. Patience, patience, patience. I had three eggs in a wildly fluctuating bator. The eggs were about 2 1/2 weeks under a broody and then she got off the nest, so I wasn't sure exactly when the hatch was due, or if the eggs were even still viable. The eggs were cold when I put them in the incubator and I had no time for warm up and temperature stabilization. As the temperatures had ranged from 97 - 105, I had pretty much written them off when one hatched night before last totally unexpectedly. Yesterday morning there was a pip in one of the remaining two eggs, which went nowhere during the day and things were awfully quiet and still. I read and reread the posts on 'helping' in the middle of the night just in case, but this morning another chick hatched (though this one seems much less robust than the first one). AND, the last egg has a pip and the chick is obviously working at making it bigger.

Of course now I move on to the next worry. Is the incubator too hot or too cold for the newly hatched chick(s)?