Hatching Question

[allanimals21]

I set 6 eggs on June 12th. 1 hatched yesterday 1 is hatching right now and the other 4 nothing. Is there still a possiblity that they will hatch a few days late? I thought I heard one tapping inside the egg but now I dont?

 

[xlboergoats]

I would give it another couple of days. It won't cost you anything at this time, but time. I had a couple that chirped one night, but nothing the next couple of times that I checked them. I guess they were taking a nap or resting because the next day, they were hatched out and dry when I went to check them. They were under a broody chicken hen and I had taken the others away from her after they dried.

Good Luck,
Ernie Haire

 

[allanimals21]

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Thanks. I guess I will wait it out. I was really excited for this one. Its supposed to be a pied.

 

[racuda]

I had four hatch right on time, and one was two days late and hadn't pipped, so I helped. That chick had clenched feet and spraddle leg, which can happen to late hatchers. A little surgical tape and a couple of days later it was fine. I can't even tell it from the rest now.