HollandFarm
In the Brooder
- Nov 21, 2023
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Im brand new to incubating and hatching eggs. So far we’ve successfully hatched two chicks around a week ago. I have another egg ready and today is its hatch day! I noticed the pipping around 4am this morning. Not sure when it officially happened and popped it’s beak through though. It’s currently 5am and it is still in the same spot and not trying to break out. It chirps and I can see the chick breathing and even moving sometimes too. I’ll attach a picture of how it looks currently. I’m worried because our previous two eggs hatched much much quicker! Once we noticed the initial pip it was out within an hour or two tops and they were much more active in breaking their shells etc. Any help is appreciated!! I’m using the Nurture Right 360 incubator that automatically sets temp to 99.5 degrees F and I’ve got humidity at 70 per the instructions for hatching.