Do chicks in the shell pip/zip/hatch at night?

[missychicky]

I have an egg thats is peeping and tapping. Will it probably pip overnight? Hatch overnight?Do I need to stay up late to see it hatch? Do chicks in the egg sleep at night?

 

[Gallusfarm]

There's a really good chance it will pip tonight and also a chance it may be there waiting when you wake up!!! Yay for you!!

They don't sleep, I don't think, just take lots of little breaks. We've had a lot of ours hatch overnight. Good luck!!


Aww, that is a cute photo in your avatar with all the chickens!!!

 

[justtoni44]

Hi Missy, We are almost neighbors..I live near Multnomah Falls.
The deal is,they hatch when they are ready. I have had some start my day with a smile having hatched during the night. I have had others take a very long time, over a day, from pip to zip.........
Good luck with your hatch, get some sleep

and have fun.

 

[Gallusfarm]

Missychicky, did it hatch???? We need an update!!!

 

[missychicky]

No it didn't hatch.

My broody stepped on it and it bleed to death.

 

[mycutekitties]

Oh no!!! I had one die this morning too that was 98% hatched.

 

[purplesquirrel]

Oh God! I do love and also really hate the hatching process!!!