February 2023 hatch-a-long

[KDawn02]

I have an egg that hasn't pipped yet but it's moving around and peeping like crazy. How do I know when I need to make a safety hole and help it? Today is day 21. Thanks!

 

[lilwanderer]

I have an egg that hasn't pipped yet but it's moving around and peeping like crazy. How do I know when I need to make a safety hole and help it? Today is day 21. Thanks!

That means it has internally pipped and should pip from next 12-24 hours after it first started chirping- At least i think thats how that works. It should pip soon otherwise.

 

[lilwanderer]

I can't help but worry about this chick. It still wont hold its head up, is chirping excessively and sometimes it will flap its wings uncontrollably making a stress call while it does it. It does have strength in its legs as ive tried holding him up and he'll press up against the ground.
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Just found it on the opposite side of the brooder, not sure if it rolled its way over there or got up and walked. But it moved otherwise

 

[KDawn02]

That means it has internally pipped and should pip from next 12-24 hours after it first started chirping- At least i think thats how that works. It should pip soon otherwise.

Ok thank you! This is so exciting and nerve-wracking

 

[lilwanderer]

Ok thank you! This is so exciting and nerve-wracking

Yes, very! I still have three in the incubator and one is on day 20, one is day 18 and the other day 17, i keep checking for pips and none yet.

 

[lilwanderer]

Look what i found- Gave him a formula for chickens that included electrolytes and an hour later look what we have-

 

[KDawn02]

First chick finally hatched!!!! Yaaaayyyyy! However, it keeps pushing the other eggs all over the place. One of the eggs that had a pretty large pip got knocked completely upside down and now has its beak hanging out of the shell upside down. Do I quickly flip the egg back up? Or should I not risk a shrink wrapping it?

 

[Janeothejungle]

First one is out and is a tiny wrecking ball. Of course it is the mystery egg….

 

[KDawn02]

First chick finally hatched!!!! Yaaaayyyyy! However, it keeps pushing the other eggs all over the place. One of the eggs that had a pretty large pip got knocked completely upside down and now has its beak hanging out of the shell upside down. Do I quickly flip the egg back up? Or should I not risk a shrink wrapping it?

Nevermind, I was able to lightly roll it back by slightly tilting the incubator

 

[konachicks]

6 little calico bantam Cochin hatched !! They are the cutest teeny tiny things . Love them!