Is the pipped hole always where you can see it?

[moorechicks]

As many of you know this is my first hatch and I am one day 20 and on pins and needles

So do they always or almost always pip on the top where you can see it or do they do the bottom and act like a ninja?

This is driving me crazy and I am sure I am driving you all crazy

 

[gardenknitter]

I just finished my first hatch. Most of mine pipped on the top. The one that pipped on the bottom also had to have help getting out. I hatched Guineas, and the initial pip looked like a tiny thin crack at first, some were barely noticible, and then it became an X or cross shaped crack, then they would start cracking around the egg and chunks of shell fell off as they hatched. I shined a flash light on mine through the incubator window to make seeing the pips easier. GOOD LUCK!!!!

 

[Julie08]

Yes the pip *should* always be at the top. the waiting does suck I know