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[Crunchycrouton]

Eggs tend to internally pip on day 19 and a half. Then it's around 24 hours before they externally pip and then around 12-24 hours before they unzip and hatch. It can be faster, it can be a little slower. It's torture for those of us waiting to see those cute little peepers though. And remember that the 21 days is an average, not set in stone.

Would I be able to hear them through the incubator ? When they internal pip?

 

[JaeG]

Would I be able to hear them through the incubator ? When they internal pip?

Yes but it may be very faint (I can barely hear them over the sound of the fan on my incubator) and they initially don't peep a lot as they are concentrating on transitioning to breathing for themselves. If you hold an egg up to your ear when the chick has internally pipped you'll hear a clicking sound and that's actually their breathing, not them tapping on the shell.

 

[Crunchycrouton]

Yes but it may be very faint (I can barely hear them over the sound of the fan on my incubator) and they initially don't peep a lot as they are concentrating on transitioning to breathing for themselves. If you hold an egg up to your ear when the chick has internally pipped you'll hear a clicking sound and that's actually their breathing, not them tapping on the shell.

Ok, it looks like the eggs are moving slightly but not by much just very slightly moving back and fourth, you can barley see it. Are they positioning themselves?

 

[JaeG]

Ok, it looks like the eggs are moving slightly but not by much just very slightly moving back and fourth, you can barley see it. Are they positioning themselves?

Yes, they'll be getting in position - I never see that with my eggs. Not long to wait now (although it will feel like forever).

 

[Crunchycrouton]

Yes, they'll be getting in position - I never see that with my eggs. Not long to wait now (although it will feel like forever).

Yeah, lol. Thank you so much for your help