Help please! Eggs pipped, but they aren't coming out!

60 days to me is the norm Inc period. I leave mine completely Alone and let them pip. Sometimes us humans get in our own way. This year my first clutch of the year was incd at 88-89 they pipped on their own at 64 days out in 24-48 hours. Years before I've had them go to 65. But most hatch around 60. I hate cutting and I avoid at all costs. The only time i will is if everyone else has pipped and 1-2 haven't and days have gone by. Impatience is the only true reason to cut really before actually knowing there's an issue. If they haven't cut the egg and the eggs are candling fine, everyone is fine. Lower temps will lengthen your Inc time. Higher temps lower it.
I look at it this way. Even though I'm truly excited to see my little ones come out. I beleive that more issues can be caused by cutting too early. Look at all the work. Flushing etc. Bacteria growth etc. I prefer to let them do their most important event of their lives and thats pipping.


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Babies usually stay in their eggs several days after they pip on their own. They're spending this time absorbing the yolk. If you cut them prematurely (before they pip on their own) it could be several additional days or weeks (depending on how "early" the eggs were cut) of waiting before they will emerge. Just be patient.

I have to say, though, I've never heard anyone say that it's dangerous to let eggs go over 60 days. Eggs all develop differently according to the temperature that they are incubated. The earliest I've ever had eggs hatch was day 53 and the latest has been day 67, both times pipping on their own. I'd say any notion of danger after 60 days is grossly exaggerated. It's the same with human pregnancies. We have a tendency to say that someone is "overdue" or "early" if gestation is not exactly following the guidelines set by a book when in most cases the baby comes when it's ready to come. The same can be said of eggs. They'll come when they're ready to come. ;)

They just weren't ready yet. I dont cut until after the first baby pips. Cutting too soon and you run the risk of them not being ready. Then you have to keep it moist inside the egg until they are done developing. Never just pull a baby out. They come out after they finish absorbing the yolk.