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There are several indicators of when a peeping will begin. One of the first is as the term "peeping" suggests. You will begin to hear tiny peeping sounds from within the egg. The egg(s) will begin to move and roll from side to side as the chick struggles to use its egg tooth. Soon small holes and cracks will appear in the moving eggs.

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A chickens egg will begin to show signs of hatching on day 18 or 19, this is when the chick will poke its head into the airspace under the shell and begin to breath air. You will hear the baby chick peeping in the shell. The next sign will be a small dot of a crack at the big end of the egg. This is where the chicks has pushed with its egg tooth on the beak. Next it will begin rotating in the shell, cracking as it goes. It may rest for a while in between each crack to gain strength but also to absorb the remainder of its yolk. Some time on day 21 the chick will give a big push and pop the top on the shell and be hatched.

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Observing a hen right before her eggs hatch, you will notice that she is clucking very softly to the eggs and she is more reluctant to leave the nest for food and water. She knows the chicks will be hatching soon and wants to make sure she is there when it happens.
Observing a hen right before her eggs hatch, you will notice that she is clucking very softly to the eggs and she is more reluctant to leave the nest for food and water. She knows the chicks will be hatching soon and wants to make sure she is there when it happens.

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You can tell if the eggs are going to hatch by getting a piece of PVC tubing, black electrical tape, and a LED flashlight. tape the PVC to the flashlight with the black tape and get a hen egg, go in a dark room, put the egg on the top of the PVC and turn the flashlight on. If you see veins or a baby chick, put it back with a broody hen and it will hatch in about 20 days. But if you see a little dark spot on the top or bottom and the yolk moving around, then it is good to refrigerate and eat!

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You will see the egg start to slightly vibrate but not role around. Then there would be a tiny peck at the egg the usual shapes is a circle with a bunch of tiny cracks around it that is clearly visible that is a strait peck. And the second type of peck is a V shape and is usual side ways or upside down. Then you will clearly hear the loud but sweet peeping of the chicks when they have broke open the membrane and after that you know they are ready to hatch because they are breathing air. Then the rest of the hatching will usually take at least within a few hours to a day for a healthy chick. The chick usually will be active from then on and move around in the egg. The chick after a while will start the last step of hatching pecking a circle around the rear end of the egg. Then it will open the egg leaving the circle shaped cut out of the eggs rear aside of it. Then the chick squirms around to push it's body out of the egg. After words when the chick has hatched it will need to learn to walk just like a baby except the chick only takes a few hours to dry off and get up on it's feet.

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Hens lay eggs one at a time.

When it's time to drop the egg, this is what happens:

  • If someone is in her nesting area, she makes a very loud squabble about getting the intruder out. If the intruder is broody and won't leave, the hen will get in with her.
  • The hen will get quiet. This may be a few minutes or a great long while, depending on the bird.
  • When she's ready to lay the egg, she may raise up, letting the egg exit and drop, or she may simply remain sitting and just do it without any fanfare.
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They will often show nesting behavior (getting in laying boxes, making nests).


Some hens also become very vocal right before, during, and after they lay.

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its will feel like its vibrating in the nest or u will start to see a crack I'm just a 6th grader so don't think this is wrong

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By the sound

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