EXTERNAL PIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

[chelseachook]

I HAVE AN EXTERNAL PIP! I ONLY HAVE ONE FERTILE EGG AND THIS IS MY SECOND TIME HATCHING, MY FIRST HATCH DIED IN THE SHELL MIDWAY THROUGH. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED.

 

[Kiki]

WOOT!

 

[chelseachook]

. I am not going to sleep tonight, as i have the incubator right beside my bed. instead, i'll stay up and make chirping noises at the incubator. all my praying has been worth it. THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chelseachook]

Is day 19 too early for an external pip?

 

[LikeTurkeys]

Is day 19 too early for an external pip?

Congratulations on the pip! Yes, day 19 is a little early. Your temperature may have been too high.

 

[chelseachook]

Yes, I have a different thermometer that was saying around 0.5*c higher then the incubator. Anyway, it is cold today so the temp is a little lower. I have the brooder ready in my room. I have 68% RH. Should I put it higher. The egg wasn't shaking until now - it has cracked a tiny bit more. Very excited and happy. The egg was always a little further along then normal, so probably was the temp. ALso, before lockdown I cleaned the bator again in fear of mushy chick disease.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Are you hatching a chicken? Exciting! Will wanta see pics!

 

[chelseachook]

I have to wait because my sister won't let me take photos on her phone until lunch. Yes it is a chicken. I may be over reacting, but I think I now know a mother's love. I will spoil the little guy rotten once she/he hatches.

 

[chelseachook]

In your experiences, how long does it take to hatch after pipping? It isn't chirping or moving so it is probably resting.

 

[chelseachook]

No moveme nt or chirping, or anything and it pipped around 4 hours ago. The membrane looks a bit white - should I put the humidity higher? I haven't actually been near it a lot in the last 2 hours, so maybe it was moving when I wasn't there. Has any one had a hatch with no noise before?