PIP, PIP!, Day 20...All have hatched,NEW FLUFFY PICS

[BantyChickMom]

I'm on Day 20 today with 4 BR, 2 JG, 3 cochin bantams, and 1 golden sebright.

the sebright and 1 BR has pipped!

 

[okiehen]

All right me too I have one pip

 

[fallenweeble]

it's pipriffic!

 

[tberggren]

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What does it mean that the it mean the BR "has pipped"

 

[Justino]

lol my test egg pipped on day 20 and now its day 21 in the morn and its the same

 

[MissPrissy]

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What does it mean that the it mean the BR "has pipped"

BR = barred rock

Pip = The chick in the egg has made the first little break in the shell to work his way out.

 

[tberggren]

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What does it mean that the it mean the BR "has pipped"

BR = barred rock

Pip = The chick in the egg has made the first little break in the shell to work his way out.

Thanks.

So does zipping mean the cracking apart of the egg in half?

 

[MissPrissy]

Zipping is when they crack a line all the way around so they can push out.

 

[tiki244]

Allright Tammy!!! Lets have PICS soon!

 

[ozark hen]

Here you will see, in the second picture, "zipping". First photo is a pip
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30991&p=4