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Chicks are starting to hatch?
how long after a chick starts pipping (making a hole in the egg) will it hatch. I have 2 seabrights that are pipping. For like 3 hours they have been pipping. The are also peeping and sound strong. It is day 19.
They sound strong and have a good set of lungs. Seabrights are a smaller bird. I cant wait for them to hatch. I also have a couple Delewares that you can see the egg rock when the chicks move inside. Does that mean they are ready to start pipping
One seabright hatched. It looks like it hatched 2 hours ago. it is so cute and it looks healthy.
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Be patient mother hen, give them most of the day. Pipping on their own is very important. The peeping stimulates the other chicks to pip. Keep an eye on temperature and humidity. Dont get over zealous. Their skin is delicate and by pulling the shell off, you can rip the skin off too. Good luck!
- 1 decade ago
it all depends on them. birds can take up to 24 hours to hatch. but if you see that they are not making any progress after the 24 hours slowly help them get out of the egg. it is most likely that they are in a wrong position and not able to gain strenght to break all the egg
- PJJLv 51 decade ago
I have seen it take as long as 12 hours for a chick to hatch. Just avoid the temptation to continually check on them. Good luck!
Source(s): see profile - 1 decade ago
it varies, but should only take a couple hours, you have to be careful because bantams especially are smaller and sometimes have trouble getting out f the egg, if its needed, you can help them by carefully pulling off some of the shell near the hole, but be careful because if you pull too much off too fast it can hurt the chick
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
U CAN EXPECT THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM THIS POINT TO TAKE ANY WHERE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 HOURS, GOOD LUCK , BIRDS LIVE FOR ALONG TIME AND REQUIRE ALOT OF ATTENTION, IF U START FEEDING THEM OR HOLDING BOTH THEM AND THE PARENTS, THEY MAKE THE BEST PETS, I HAD A PARAKEET, THAT STAYED ON MY SHOULDER, THE WHOLE TIME I WAS HOME, BUT WHEN I DIDNT HAVE AS MUCH TIME FOR HIM HE GOT DISTAND ''' DIDNT WANT TO LISTEN WELL
