finally lockdown is here!!! one is moving!..... i think :/

[showjumper_girl2002]

tomorrow is the big day (the day they're technically due to hatch)! still some wobbling but no pips yet

i'm getting so impatient!! i feel like i'm staring into my bator every 10 seconds! it's taking everything i've got to keep from opening the lid and candling to see what's going on in there and if they're are any internal pips. oh i do hope they hatch

guess i just gotta tie my hands up and wait and see

...... but waiting is so hard!

am i the only one this neurotic

 

[Roccomanchickens]

Very frustrating and exciting at the same time! Mine were due today and last night I thought I heard birds, but the t.v. was on. They were really loud!! So I woke up my son and glued our ears to the top of the incubator and again; Chirping!! It's amazing, something that can't be described to non-chicken people! This is my first time hatching (made my own cooler incubator), so I think only 4 out of 10 eggs are hatching. I have some changes to make for next time, maybe will increase the odds.

Got up this morning and 2 of them have pipped! Yay! I know what you are going through, very anxious and excited.

 

[Mychickshatched!]

Woohoo! I was naughty and held one of the eggs up to my ear and heard little scratchy sounds! Come on and HATCH already!

 

[showjumper_girl2002]

congrats

so it's 8 pm on due day and i still don't have any pips

should i start to worry and candle to see if they're ok? they were moving this am, one was really rocking but nothing else i'm getting worried

 

[kellyd1967]

today was the 21st day for my eggs an tonight I finally hear chirping I only have 11 eggs and this is my first time Im so excited this is so cool to watch I was beginning to wonder if any would hatch

 

[Roccomanchickens]

I now have 3 out of the 4 I thought would hatch out of their shells. The first one to pip is the last one out. It is still trying to zip when it first pipped yesterday at 5:00am! I read the thread about not intervening and about the process of hatching. It was VERY enlightening, and said to wait at least 24-48 after the external pip. So far this has been true, I think it will be out in a couple hours at the most. This was my first time also, and very exciting

 

[showjumper_girl2002]

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what day of lockdown did you get your first pip? was it before, on, or after the due date? mine are a day over due and i still have no pips

they were wobbling a little this morning but none are piping! i'm very worried and i'm afraid none are going to hatch

this is my first time so i don't know what can be normal and when i should really start to worry

 

[Roccomanchickens]

They chirped inside the shell on the due date and pipped on the day after. 3 out of the 4 were the last to pip and the 1st one to pip is still working on hatching after 36 hours. So from what I have read on the postings if your temps were a little low it can be a couple days later than normal. Most every post I have read has said to just be patient, some are slower than others.

 

[showjumper_girl2002]

thanks! i'm losing hope though because today is the day after they were due and none have piped yet. i'm so worried

 

[Roccomanchickens]

Don't lose hope, maybe it's like humans on their due date, not an exact thing. If they keep moving and chirping, they'll be ok.