Jigglers

[Sphinx]

When do the eggs normally start jiggling? I don't remember seeing them move until they were getting ready to pip the first time I hatched eggs.

This morning, I was turning my eggs (day 12) and several of them jiggled.

Is this normal or do I have exceptionally smart chicken embryos? Or am I hallucinating?

 

[lswatson111304]

i have no idea, I'm on day 15 of my first hatch and would love to see this. Mine jiggle all the time..when I bump what the bator is setting on! LOL

 

[anderson8505]

I'm jealous! I've been watching for "jiggling"!!!

 

[MamaMarcy]

Genrally around PIP. I would think the embryos are a bit too small to jiggle the egg just yet. I bet you bumped them

fun though isn't it?

 

[anderson8505]

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Bumped them? Yeh, like when I "accidentally" tapped the side of the hatcher.... and I call them "chickie, chickie, chickie," or tap on the glass like a kid in a pet store??? No, I don't do that.

 

[MamaMarcy]

I sang "I see a tiny tiny TUUUUURKEY, a tiny tiny TUUUUUURKEY!"over and over to my turkey poults during incubation and the tune got more excited as they hatched.

Ok, so I still sing it to them.

They are so stinking cute...two of them....they let me hold them when I watch TV anad they just cuddle up and sleep.