My first pip!

Jmash · Apr 3, 2019

This is our first hatch (of shipped eggs) - and we got our first pip! So nervous none are going to hatch.

Of the 8 shipped, 5 made it to lockdown. Yesterday, they were all moving around. I made a little mistake and had to open the incubator to put in some paper towels on the bottom to keep them from slipping. So nervous I messed them all up. Before that the eggs were all moving and after... much less so. The pip happened after I had to open the Bator.

Crossing fingers it goes well!

itspebbl · Apr 3, 2019

Congrats! Keep us updated! :wee

ChickenFox · Apr 4, 2019

Opening the bator for a minute isn't a death sentence especially if they hadn't pipped yet. As long as the humidity got back up they should be just fine.

Be sure to post photos of the chicks! :jumpy

Jmash · Apr 4, 2019

Two chicks now! The blue egg was still just a pip this AM, but zippered and hatched at 10am. Another egg pipped without me noticing and was born an hour after the first.