When will they pip!

[farming101]

Okay I have chicken eggs in my incubator and it is day 21 for some and 20 for others. I havent heard them pip or roll yet. I candled them last week and there was life. ( I could see veins) but why is it taking so long for them to pip? Other peoples start pipping at day 20! I keep incubator at 100 F but it tends to fluctuate. Please some comfort!

 

[gander007]

I have had egg's that did not pip till day 25 and others who
piped at day 18 it is all in the need of your patience

 

[farming101]

Thank you!

 

[farming101]

Is this a pip??

 

[farming101]

Here is another. Sorry thermometer is reflecting the light.



The first picture i posted by itself..... have two white spots. but is it a pip? Please respond soon!
The smaller cirlce one... this is a close up

 

[HickoryHollow]

Ok, so here is the thing.......I see you have opened the incubator to mark possible pips. They should be in "lock-down" from day 18 on. That means you NEVER, NEVER, NEVER open the incubator. When you do, you allow critical moisture to escape. If those are pips in the shell, the membrane just inside the pip will dry out and "shrink wrap" the peep. Use a funnel and tube to add water through the vent hole to raise humidity back up and leave the lid closed until at least day 23! Just trying to help.

 

[farming101]

I didnt open the incubator. It is on lock down. I used my computer to mark possible pips. and took a picture through the windows on top.

 

[HickoryHollow]

OH! good....sorry I assumed. It looked like sharpie marker. Those DO look like pips, you should be a new parent soon!

 

[farming101]

I am soooo exited!!! but the one has two? Whats up with that?

 

[farnorth]

I am soooo exited!!! but the one has two? Whats up with that?

maybe 2 chicks? or more likely the chick pipped in one spot but will start zipping in another.