My very first eggs are beginning to hatch!

[Blue Legs]

Woke up this morning to find one of my eggs beginning to hatch!!! Should I just leave them alone? The egg turner is off, temp set at 99.5, humidity 60-70%. I have a brooder ready to go with a heat lamp, food and a waterer ready to go. How soon after hatching should I remove the bird?

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Can you remove the egg turner?

 

[Blue Legs]

I suppose I could. Would I then just choose a side to lay the eggs on? They have been upside down for the whole incubation

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

If they are beginning to hatch just leave them now. After they hatch you can leave them in a few hours until they fluff up. The others chirping usually encourages the others want to hatch out.

 

[Blue Legs]

So each individual should be allowed to dry and then moved to the brooder? Should I expect all of these guys to pile out pretty quick then? 3 of the eggs went in 2 days after the rest

 

[slip n slide]

give them 24 hrs to dry out and absorb their yolk,they can live for that long w/o water or food w/ the yolk in them,put them out on towel paper initially and then chips after about a week or so,lifting the lid causes a drop in humidity and can cause ones not hatched yet to get stuck in the shell,w/ that said,I have a Brinsea 20 and can bump the humidity back up quickly w/ a damp towelette placed in the 'bator,shipped eggs can take as long as 23 days,local should all be done by day 21

 

[Blue Legs]

2nd egg is now cracking as well! What is an average time to expect from initial cracks to peeping chick? These eggs were started on 3/5 and 3/7.

 

[slip n slide]

2nd egg is now cracking as well! What is an average time to expect from initial cracks to peeping chick? These eggs were started on 3/5 and 3/7.

I've had chicks emerge w/in an hour and some 6 or more hours,some never make past the pip

 

[Blue Legs]

3rd egg has its pip started!

 

[Blue Legs]

4!