After 48 hours from the hatch date I start checking for movement and assistI’m a personal trainer and this quote life.
Question...so our light Brahma chicks hatched on about 12 hours into day 20, and as of 7 am this morning we are on day 22. (40 hours since the first two hatched).
there were a few eggs rocking and moving but they seem to have stopped and no sign of pips or anything.
At what point do I do anything but wait? I’m playing chirping noises near the incubator periodically, and humidity and temp has been stable, only dropping if I’d had to open up to replenish the paper towels to keep it at 65%.
I’ve mentioned before that the first 2 eggs were smaller, but I’m just wondering if it could make this much of a difference to hatch times?
This article is awesome and taught me so much and I agree with FortCluck's assessment here. I've only got the healthy ones so far.
Sorry to hear about your back pain. I feel ya tough! I'm only 45 and have the worst hip pain. Went to the chiropractor and found out my right hip is out of alignment. Sometimes it gets to the point I can't stand for very long, and my right leg tingles all the time. It's at it's worst in the morning after I have slept all night. I feel like a little old lady getting out of bed in the morning.
Hope it feels better soon.
Confession: there were still no pips, so I opened the incubator just long enough to shine the candling light in, without moving the eggs or taking them out. All I can see is a big black mass and the air cells, no visible veins or movement. Can’t hear any chirping. Is that what should be happening for day 22? Or should I still be able to see them moving?
they aren’t rocking or anything anymore like they were yesterday.
Im a nervous wreck.
