Chirping but no pip, problem or not? **UDATE* I have 3 chick

[dipence71]

I hear chirping but no pips yet. Is this a good thing or do I worry about it? Humidity dropped to 60. Do I open and add sponges with water? My water wells are all full I've been keeping them full with air tubing and a syringe.

 

[krissyrandy]

I have the same issue i heared the call duck peeping and now nothing how long for it to hatch it was quiet yesturday and now today so i am not sure how long they take to hatch

 

[mrbstephens]

DON"T OPEN IT FOR ANYTHING. 60% is pretty good, but 65% might be better. Can you squirt water in elsewhere? Even if it's just a little puddle on the bottom of the bator it'll up the humidity. Be careful to add just one squirt at a time and wait several minutes in between or the humidity might go too high. What day are you on? I'm on day 20 and hear chirping too!!!

 

[kelseygirl707]

They probably just haven't pipped externally yet, but if you hear chirping, you at least know they have begun the hatching process. Are you hatching in an egg carton? I ask because I heard chirping once, but didn't see a pip, then when I was cleaning out the bator, I found that one of the babies had pipped the wrong end of the egg, and died becuase it couldn't zip

 

[hinkjc]

Sometimes you can hear the chirping because the pip is on the bottom side of the egg which you can't see. I wouldn't worry and don't open the bator. Keeping my fingers crossed you see a chick soon.

Once they start hatching the humidity will go up too. Good luck!

 

[dipence71]

This is day 22. And I am as nervous as a old wet hen LOL as my mom would have said.

 

[dipence71]

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No egg carton they are laying on the wire in the bator.

 

[kelseygirl707]

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No egg carton they are laying on the wire in the bator.

Then I wouldn't worry. There isn't anything to do but wait, opening now, would cause more problems. I bet you'll have a new baby in the next 24 hours, it's probably absorbing the yoke as we speak.

 

[mrbstephens]

So, if I'm hearing peeping does that mean that there is a pip? I have my eggs in cartons with the pointed side down. The air cell is on top on all of them. I thought they pip where the air cell is?

 

[dipence71]

I keep checking every 5minutes ans I just got 2 pips!!! yippy!!!