pipping? helpp

[alexthechicken]

Hi everyone!
I am new to this and 8/25/12 will be day 19 on my chicken eggs. just out of curiosity when should i expect my chicks to hatch? also what is zipping? Help!!!

 

[TheRookie]

For the most part, chicks will be likely to hatch around Day 21. Not too much longer now. They could be early (day 19) or late (day 23). Dont help them!! Just be patient and wait, nature will take its course. Hopefullly this will bump you up and someone else can answer too.

Oh, you didnt say but are you incubating them yourself or under a broody hen?

 

[alexthechicken]

For the most part, chicks will be likely to hatch around Day 21. Not too much longer now. They could be early (day 19) or late (day 23). Dont help them!! Just be patient and wait, nature will take its course. Hopefullly this will bump you up and someone else can answer too.

Oh, you didnt say but are you incubating them yourself or under a broody hen?

incubating!! i think the incubator is called a hovabator

 

[FirewifeJess]

Are you using a broody or an incubator? 21 days is average, but broodies tend to hatch their chicks a bit earlier for some odd reason. Pipping is the initial poke through the shell, then the chick will pip in an almost straight line around the middle of the egg until it can push it open. The straight line is the zip. If you're only on day 19 tomorrow you have a few more days to wait! Good luck!

 

[alexthechicken]

Are you using a broody or an incubator? 21 days is average, but broodies tend to hatch their chicks a bit earlier for some odd reason. Pipping is the initial poke through the shell, then the chick will pip in an almost straight line around the middle of the egg until it can push it open. The straight line is the zip. If you're only on day 19 tomorrow you have a few more days to wait! Good luck!

incubator

 

[FirewifeJess]

Got it, yeah, I think we were all writing you at the same time Did your questions get answered?

 

[alexthechicken]

Got it, yeah, I think we were all writing you at the same time Did your questions get answered?

almost. how will they receive fresh air in the incubator. i have a hovabator its called and it has 5 little holes at the top. is that enough?

 

[FirewifeJess]

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After one or more hatches, make sure to open the air holes so they can get some fresh air. They can and should stay in there until they are dry and fluffy so you don't expose them to a draft. Sometimes hatches take a while for everyone to get out and the ones who hatch first will be perfectly fine in the bator for 24-48 hours with no food because they'll be living off their yolk sac.