HELP DAY 21 AND NO HATCHING!

[Nksg75]

I do have a question regarding pipping internally. How can you tell if they have pipped internally? Do you hear them? I am on day 21 and 1 hatched yesterday and I didn't hear a thing until it broke the shell.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I do have a question regarding pipping internally. How can you tell if they have pipped internally? Do you hear them? I am on day 21 and 1 hatched yesterday and I didn't hear a thing until it broke the shell.

SOMETIMES you will hear a chick peeping from inside the shell. This indicates that the chick has internally pipped. A good majority of the time you don't know when they have internally pipped and you don't see anything until the external pip. The only way to see an internal pip is by candleing (you can see the shadow of the beak in the air cell,) but even I, (acknowledge candling addict) agree that after lockdown you should not be candling until your hatch is ending and you are checking for life in the last eggs.

 

[IzziesChickies]

I have a question kinda related to this...but my eggs hatched either one it two days early and I have 20+ right now. Are they gonna be okay? I gave them sugar water and they're all fluffed up and running around but I still worry...and some are still hatching (on their actual due date)

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have a question kinda related to this...but my eggs hatched either one it two days early and I have 20+ right now. Are they gonna be okay? I gave them sugar water and they're all fluffed up and running around but I still worry...and some are still hatching (on their actual due date)

If you are asking if they are going to be all right because they were early, the answer is yes. (Unless there is something wrong with them.) I'm trying to say that hatching early does not mean there is anything wrong with them. Most likely your average temps were a tad higher than recommended. My last hatch all but one hatched days 19/20. ONE chick actually hatched on the 21st day. (I guess he's just a punctual thing...lol) I have 31 healthy chicks now a week and a half old. I would question though, when you count your days of incubation, you do not count the day you set them right? You don't start counting day one until they have been incubating for 24 hours. So if you set them Monday at 2:00pm day 1 starts Tues at day 2:00pm and day 2 starts Wednesday at 2:00pm and so on.

 

[IzziesChickies]

If you are asking if they are going to be all right because they were early, the answer is yes. (Unless there is something wrong with them.) I'm trying to say that hatching early does not mean there is anything wrong with them. Most likely your average temps were a tad higher than recommended. My last hatch all but one hatched days 19/20. ONE chick actually hatched on the 21st day. (I guess he's just a punctual thing...lol) I have 31 healthy chicks now a week and a half old. I would question though, when you count your days of incubation, you do not count the day you set them right? You don't start counting day one until they have been incubating for 24 hours. So if you set them Monday at 2:00pm day 1 starts Tues at day 2:00pm and day 2 starts Wednesday at 2:00pm and so on.

No I didn't count the first day, and I was asking if they were going to be alright. They started piping late (like really late) day eighteen and the first chick was out by the next morning on day nineteen. The rest have been hatching out in pairs every few hours. Now on day 21 I have a couple hatching on the correct day. I was just worried if hatching early had some effects further along in life. Thanks for the response! I was really worried before but I've calmed down now

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The bulk of eggs hatching early signifies high temperatures during incubation.

 

[BYounce]

Well still no pipping today, although I am pretty sure I heard a little chirp! praying for good results.

 

[BYounce]

WELL IT'S OFFICIAL I HEARD MY LITTLE BUDDY CHIRPING AWAY INSIDE THE EGG!

 

[lilstrick 25]

Good advice

 

[BYounce]

we also have movement....looks like a mini vibrating egg. it vibrates in little spurts,,,it's so cool ! Wonder how long it is going to be now?