First Time Hatching - incubator edition

[cluckingheck]

Cool vid. I ended up seeing it on reddit last night. If it wasn't you, someone else is circulating this video as theirs. Just a fyi.

under the handle paarkrosis? that would be me lol

 

[cluckingheck]

#5 is peeping but no external pip yet

 

[cluckingheck]

How long after the internal pip should I see the first external pip? #5 hasn’t made any external pips yet and was quiet for a bit ( actually cheeped some while I was typing this )

 

[CluckNDoodle]

How long after the internal pip should I see the first external pip? #5 hasn’t made any external pips yet and was quiet for a bit ( actually cheeped some while I was typing this )

Internal pip to external pip can take up to 24 hours, external pip to zip can also take up to 24 hours. It's usually faster but there's a lot happening in that time frame.
It can sometimes be difficult to see the pips, if you shine a flashlight across the top of the eggs (through the plastic window, you don't need to open it to do this) it will highlight the pips better.

 

[cluckingheck]

Internal pip to external pip can take up to 24 hours, external pip to zip can also take up to 24 hours. It's usually faster but there's a lot happening in that time frame.
It can sometimes be difficult to see the pips, if you shine a flashlight across the top of the eggs (through the plastic window, you don't need to open it to do this) it will highlight the pips better.

yeah, I’ve been shining a light on them but I haven’t seen anything yet. I was just wanting to confirm the timeframe so I know when to start worrying lol. I think it’s been close to 3 hours since I first heard the peeping from #5

 

[cluckingheck]

Oh damn, so focused on #5 peeping that I didn’t noticed this guy had actually pipped externally ( I think it’s the one actually cheeping too, idk I can’t tell lol ). Though, should I be worried? It pipped above the air cell

 

[cluckingheck]

Oh damn, so focused on #5 peeping that I didn’t noticed this guy had actually pipped externally ( I think it’s the one actually cheeping too, idk I can’t tell lol ). Though, should I be worried? It pipped above the air cell
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[aart]

Though, should I be worried? It pipped above the air cell

Nah, chances are the air cell got bigger from the last time you traced it.

 

[cluckingheck]

Nah, chances are the air cell got bigger from the last time you traced it.

Hopefully that’s the case. I traced them last on day 16 and didn’t candle at all since

 

[CluckNDoodle]

The pip looks perfect, the air cell draws down significantly right before hatch as you can see in this image where I marked the air cell on day 17 and where the air cell lit up on day 20.