Pipping at day 15

[almanquail]

I came home to remove the egg turner from the incubator, most of the eggs has holes/external pip on them. I quickly removed the egg turner and added some water to the incubator. my egg turner operates every 2 hours, I am worried that the turner was on while the chicks trying to break the shell, its the type that rolls the eggs side to side on the incubator base. I don't know what hatch rate to expect or if they are going to hatch at all.

 

[maadroj]

How are they doing now? Good luck!

 

[DragonParadigm]

I came home to remove the egg turner from the incubator, most of the eggs has holes/external pip on them. I quickly removed the egg turner and added some water to the incubator. my egg turner operates every 2 hours, I am worried that the turner was on while the chicks trying to break the shell, its the type that rolls the eggs side to side on the incubator base. I don't know what hatch rate to expect or if they are going to hatch at all.

I would think they should be fine.
Healthy chicks are very resilient.

 

[laceynoelle]

Any update? I agree with DragonParadigm, they should be okay.

 

[almanquail]

8 hatched so far today, I was concerned because from what I read the eggs needs to go through a lockdown stage, where the chicks try to position their head toward the air sac.