Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...

[NoseyChickens]

Hey!!! I'm #3....How exciting!!!!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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There was some stiff competition in the cutest chick pictures... congrats to the winners!

 

[NoseyChickens]

post#6282 was my entry for cutest chick! Here is the picture again

Picture #3 in the cutest chick contest

 

[jenjscott]

A word about pipping and peeping. A chick can't peep if it hasn't pipped(internally). When it pips internally into the air sac is when its lungs expand and it starts to breath. Then and only then can it start to shut down the blood circulating in its membranes which have been supplying it with oxygen up to this point. It is as this point that it can "drown" if there is too much fluid in the egg. Then the yolk is triggered to be absorbed as the last step before hatching. When the oxygen in the egg is insufficient for the chick, it makes the external pip so that it can breathe while the last of the blood and the yolk are being drawn into the body.

 

[dsqard]

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X2 Great job! I have no idea how the judges could pick only two. They were all great!

 

[kathyinmo]

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CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[debilorrah]

YAY TRICIA!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

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That is exactly how I understand it, too.

 

[SteveH]

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That is very cute !

 

[Ms.FuzzyButts]

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So my eggie has possibly been internally pipped since late Monday Evening. He was peeping loudly and often. It got quieter and fewer between last night. And I hadn't heard anything from him today so I pipped the top.. Now he is peeping loudly and often again. Good thing I did that or he would have suffocated. Thank you for the info... I guess he should have hatched Tuesday, but couldn't for whatever reason. Maybe it wasn't meant for him to hatch for some reason and I have saved him. I hope I haven't gone through all of this for a weak chick that will die in a few days...