hatching chick panting in egg

[HarrietB]

my egg pipped a nose through at 9 this morning. its now nearly midnight and still only got a nose through. chick is still moving but appears to be panting and moving its tongue allot. no idea if this is normal, any help would be grand im getting a little anxious because the only progress that has been made all day is a little hole that the beak is peeking out of

 

[PinkFlamingoFrm]

what kid of egg is it? chicken, duck, goose?
Depending on what it is, it can take up to 36 hours till it zips.
I just had 2 ducks pip & sit for over a day before they started zipping. It takes alot of self control to not help but its best not to..

 

[chick-a-bee]

This sounds a lot like what I went through yesterday. I think try really hard not to open the incubator. What day are you on? Have you opened the incubator during the last three days? From what I have read, this is her resting time and it may take her a while to unzip the egg. Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[HarrietB]

it was a little dutch bantam egg. in the end I left her too it. But got up on the hour every hour to check on her progress. by 3 am she had hatched and was no longer panting! phew!!

 

[PinkFlamingoFrm]

yay! congrats!!

 

[chick-a-bee]

So glad!

 

[Boiled Octopus]

Super news! I've got 7 Dutch bantams eggs in the process of hatching at the moment. Lots of little chirps.


Dutchies are my favourites closely follwed by Sebrights

 

[Sray01]

my egg pipped a nose through at 9 this morning. its now nearly midnight and still only got a nose through. chick is still moving but appears to be panting and moving its tongue allot. no idea if this is normal, any help would be grand im getting a little anxious because the only progress that has been made all day is a little hole that the beak is peeking out of

I know this is an old thread but wanted you to know that it really helped me (first time Hatcher) I have one wrapped assisted chick that I had to open the brooder for so I was very concerned about “panting” maybe they are just getting the energy