What does pipping mean???

[Nicola]

what does pipping mean i have no idea????

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Pipping means a small crack or chip knocked out of the eggshell and membrane by a chick just beginning to hatch.
http://www.freewebs.com/nannyp/eggs pipping smaller.jpg
Looks like this. Not my pic.

 

[ranchhand]

Hello, Nicola. and

from South Carolina!

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I remember asking this question!

I also had to ask what zipping was because I didn't know.

 

[HappyHatch'en]

Welcome from Georgia, USA... to BYC Forum, where everyone here started as an Egg!!!
HappyHatch'en

 

[Sissy]

Welcome to BYC,
from Tn. when the pip starts you will know
you will be having company soon .

Happy hatching days. Its day 19 for me hope it happens..

 

[Aronia]

Thanks. I had no idea what it meant.