pipping question

[MRNpoultry]

once a egg starts to pip, how long does it take for it to hatch?

 

[Matt A NC]

1-24 hours. The first one to pip seems to take the longest.

Resist the urge to open the bator. You don't want to lose the humidity.

Matt

 

[MRNpoultry]

I was thinking at the most it took eight hours to hatch. The egg
that pipped at 9 last night ain't got through the shell anymore, shouldn't it had made some progress getting through the shell by now?

 

[the1much]

nope... some times they "pip" the shell,, and you see NO progress for 24 hours

 

[WalkingWolf]

From my few hatches what I understand is they rest after breaking through. The first pip through must be the hardest. I have helped on a couple after it went past 24 hours and I saw the the beak was protruded and the chick gasping for air. Both times they were LARGE chicks and seemed to not be able to move in the shell. I lost one silkie under a broody hen because I did not know when it had pipped and assumed it would get out. Before burying I took it out of the shell and it was a large chick that had completely filled the shell and no air space to move. I assume that when it could not get out it grew into the shell to the point of suffocating.

 

[MRNpoultry]

he is starting to break the shell!!!

 

[the1much]

 

[MRNpoultry]

my first chicken of the year hatched!