Pip no zip

[jtcrawford]

First timer here. Baby pipped12 hrs ago....he started to zip but stopped. I can see him moving...tiny little pecks against membrane in same spot since 5 hrs ago. Membrane is thick and white. Do I continue to wait? Temp is 99.5. Humidity has been on 70% since day one (only now have I found this group to see that may have been a mistake) I had one hatch successfully 2 days ago he was early but doing very well.

 

[MysteryChicken]

First timer here. Baby pipped12 hrs ago....he started to zip but stopped. I can see him moving...tiny little pecks against membrane in same spot since 5 hrs ago. Membrane is thick and white. Do I continue to wait? Temp is 99.5. Humidity has been on 70% since day one (only now have I found this group to see that may have been a mistake) I had one hatch successfully 2 days ago he was early but doing very well.

Play some chick peeping sounds to encourage the peep?


So humidity has been at 70% for the entire development cycle? How many more eggs do you have to hatch yet?

 

[jtcrawford]

Play some chick peeping sounds to encourage the peep?


So humidity has been at 70% for the entire development cycle? How many more eggs do you have to hatch yet?

There are 10 more

 

[MysteryChicken]

There are 10 more

So you have 10 more to go.

Have any of those 10 wobbled, or rolled?

Have you candled them to check for movement?

Here's some helpful tips when incubating eggs from day 1-17. Incubate the eggs at 99.5°F with the humidity at 35% - 45%.

Increase the humidity to 55% - 65% at lockdown on day 18. Temperature can be decreased to 98.5°F at lockdown since they can produce some of their own body heat during this point. But the temperature thing is optional. You can leave the temperature the same if you want to though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

There are 10 more

Give your chick until tomorrow morning to see if any progress has been made by then?

 

[ackie]

If the membrane is super dry, maybe wet it slightly?

 

[jtcrawford]

First timer here. Baby pipped12 hrs ago....he started to zip but stopped.

Well I ended up carefully taking the shell off along the zip line....part way....this morning he had finished zipping and was hatched....looks great...have another popped and more wobbling!