I heard chirping in the Egg!!

[sheilawagner]

I have 2 batches of eggs.

4 in the incubator and 5 under a broody hen. I've heard chirping sounds from both batches. They are now due any moment, day 20-21.

Does it mean they'll hatch very very soon? like in the next day or two?

I got SO excited when I heard the sounds, this is the first time I am hatching eggs. LOL.

So I'm pretty happy about it.

 

[Chickie15]

When we hatched our first time we had a VERY noisey little egg!

He hatched within a day of when he started cheeping.

Keep us updated!!

 

[JustAChickenLittle&More]

If he's anxious he'll be out and dry by the time you wake up.

 

[heathersboers]

mine hatched a day after- theya re hatching now

your getting closer!!!!

 

[minihorse927]

They generally start to hatch within 24 hrs from the first cheeping sounds. I had some on my last batch that started cheeping and within a hour were pipped and out within 2hrs of that!

 

[NoseyChickens]

Yep, it should be any time now! Congratulations!

 

[kathyinmo]

Isn't that just the greatest sound ever?!!! I love it when I hear chirping from an egg .... it is soooo exciting!

Good luck!

 

[sheilawagner]

Yes it IS SO exciting. My heart goes pitter patter just because I know my egg has a living thing in it. I've never been fortunate enough to be a mother, so I have no mothering experience to know what it feels like when a baby kicks, but I guess hearing my egg cheep is the closest thing I can get to feeling my own baby.

Hatching eggs requires me to practice patience, self control, and keeping optimism, because of all the eggs I set, only some come to the stage when they are cheeping, and now, there are so many moments I feel tempted to open the incubator, but I know better not to. It is really such a fun and rewarding experience. I have waited so long (ok, just 21 days) to get this far.. oh now I can't wait to see what colors they are. (These are not marked for colors). I really hope they will hatch successfully. These will be my miracle chicks because we had a power outage and lost heat to the incubator. If these 4 hatch, I'll be the happiest person around.

 

[funnybirds]

Oh Oh Oh best of luck!!! Let us know how things progress.
Sooooo exciting!!!