IBW 4 jeaucamom..UPDATE.... A CHICK..pics added!!!

[Tuffoldhen]

Just because your chicks are not rocking is not a sign they will not hatch...I've never had chicks rock in the egg til after they pip and get ready to zip out...

Just step away from the bator ...and be patient...

 

[tiffanyh]

Yeah--keep going.....all hope is definatley not lost yet. Very few of mine rock before hatching.

 

[speckledhen]

Suz, any updates?

 

[LoneCowboy]

Yeah, I was just looking for this post to see if anything has happened.

 

[jeaucamom]

After spending a day yelling at my kids and crying my eyes out I couldn't take it anymore... we went out to dinner and the movies. We just got home and no pips, no nothing. So I decided to take the one that looked like it had pipped and had a feather sticking out up to the bathroom to try and open it a little. It wasn't really pipped. But I tapped it gently and held it up to my ear...

IT TAPPED BACK!!!!

We ran it downstairs to put it back and we heard peeping..... very distinct peeping. There is at least one live chick in there!!!!!

I am just delirious with joy..... I didn't kill them all!!!!! Maybe soon we will have a chick... will definitely be staying up tonight to watch!!

 

[speckledhen]

That's good news!

 

[jeaucamom]

A NEW ONE WIGGLED! A NEW ONE WIGGLED! *hyperventilating*

This one didnt wiggle before but it wiggled and now we have two for sure live ones and peeping and wiggling and we will have chickies and we are just going nuts!! There IS no smiley that can express our joy.

 

[okiechick57]

Talk to me girl....................so excited for you...........

 

[ozark hen]

Go to bed!! I spent two sleepless nights then went to bed at 5:30a.m. and by 8 a.m. when I got back up there was a chick already hatched out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They will come when they think you are out of the way.

 

[jeaucamom]

PIP! PIP! PIP! WE HAVE A PIP! A REAL PIP! OMG OMG OMG PIP PIP PIP!!