Pip to zip

[Tina12]

This is the first time in 7 years I have incubated eggs. I forgot about all kinds of things and I learned a whole lot from this site.

I have a batch currently hatching. The first few babies hatching drove me nuts. I kept thinking something was wrong. It was taking way too long, etc I was up all night watching them hatch, from pip to zip. I wrote down the times so I could share this with other people who thought the pip to zip process was taking too long. I put 12 eggs on lockdown and 11 chicks hatched.

The hours it took from external pip to zip:

Egg 1: 13 hours
Egg 2: 10 hours
Egg 3: 17 hours
Egg 4: 13 hours
Egg 5: 19 hours (pipped at the wrong end but he zipped)
Egg 6: 12 hours
Egg 7: 23 hours
Egg 8: 6 hours
Egg 9: 9 hours
Egg 10: 9.5 hours
Egg 11: This egg got kicked around and rolled over. It had pipped underneath and I didn't see it. It was the last to hatch.
Egg 12: Didn't hatch

A few notes: Once the eggs pipped these chicks were quiet until right before they started zipping. I thought they died. These are shipped BBS Orpington eggs. The incubator is a 1588 Genesis. I kept humidity around 50% for the first 18 days and then 60-70% for the last three. Just thought I'd share the information

Tina

Updated once lockdown was complete.

 

[sumi]

That's great info and something I could refer nervous new hatchers to! Thank you for sharing and congrats on your hatch!

 

[AWlowry]

Thanks for this info.

 

[Valley Girl]

This is the first time in 7 years I have incubated eggs. I forgot about all kinds of things and I learned a whole lot from this site.

I have a batch currently hatching. The first few babies hatching drove me nuts. I kept thinking something was wrong. It was taking way too long, etc I was up all night watching them hatch, from pip to zip. I wrote down the times so I could share this with other people who thought the pip to zip process was taking too long. I put 12 eggs on lockdown and 11 chicks hatched.

The hours it took from external pip to zip:

Egg 1: 13 hours
Egg 2: 10 hours
Egg 3: 17 hours
Egg 4: 13 hours
Egg 5: 19 hours (pipped at the wrong end but he zipped)
Egg 6: 12 hours
Egg 7: 23 hours
Egg 8: 6 hours
Egg 9: 9 hours
Egg 10: 9.5 hours
Egg 11: This egg got kicked around and rolled over. It had pipped underneath and I didn't see it. It was the last to hatch.
Egg 12: Didn't hatch

A few notes: Once the eggs pipped these chicks were quiet until right before they started zipping. I thought they died. These are shipped BBS Orpington eggs. The incubator is a 1588 Genesis. I kept humidity around 50% for the first 18 days and then 60-70% for the last three. Just thought I'd share the information

Tina

Updated once lockdown was complete.

Thanks,this is just what I needed! I will sit on my hands and wait! lol

 

[Tina12]

I am glad it helped. Good luck on your hatch!! Let me know how it goes.

Tina

 

[pinkyglory123]

I just hatched my first in an incubator....ever. Having had a couple of unsuccessful hatches The night of the 20th day I fully expected nothing to happen so was shocked to find a chick in the morning! Thank goodness I did not know it takes so long to get out of that dang shell or I would have gone nuts! It is obviously hard work because the chicks slept in a sticky heap the whole day!Luckily I was asleep or at work and unable to stare at the incubator the whole time. I was amazed at the perfect equator like way the egg was seperated. I don't think I have ever seen such cute chicks little polish with their little cone heads they spent their second twelve hours walking like frankenstien on the wire of the bator. Enchanting-NOW I cannot stop looking at them! I am not sure if I am glad to know how long the process takes....or not!

 

[Tina12]

I was also amazed by the eggs hatching. I love watching the new chicks scoot around and eventually get their sea legs. I had a few that scooted around for the first 24 hours or so. But they finally started walking. They do sleep alot for the first couple of days. They are so cute.
I hope everything goes well with your hatch!! Good Luck

Tina

 

[FlomatonsFlocks]

Thank you very much!

 

[ElTooty]

It is currently 10:14pm and it turned day 21 a few hours ago (around 7pm) and when I went down there at 7 (to draw some designs to pain on old cupboard draws for nest boxes for the coop when they grow old enough) I was happily drawing away when I heard a peep and another and another...

I couldn’t find the egg that was making the noise so I kept drawing and whistling to the eggs and eventually went back upstairs after finding no pips, then a couple hours later I went back down (around 9) and heard peeping so I looked again and two out of 11 had pipped ( I could see the beak through one pip but the other hadn’t fully pushed its beak through) now I am going to sleep and hoping to see chicks in the morning!!

I don’t know about the quality of photos

 

[rita2paul]

you had a really good hatch, weldone. i am on day 10 at the moment, i always get nervous before hatch and spend most of the evening with my nose against the incubator, i all so whistle down the air vents to encourage them.