Well it's after 7PM CST and no pipping. I know the temp dropped when I put a COLD partially hatched egg in that a Momma hen had abandoned.(ended up w/a successful hatch of that chick) Took a long time for the temp to readjust it's self. Perhaps that delayed the hatch. Since I saw movement last...
I have 2 Cochin mix chicks due to hatch tomorrow. I was candeling duck eggs & decided to see if I could see anything in the eggs due to hatch. One was full/dark, couldn't see anything but dark. The other I/we could see movement. The second egg, even though we saw movement didn't appear to be...
So, based on the hatching dates you gave earlier, is this correct:
Set - Apr 6 – 7 Hatch - Apr 26-27
Set – Apr 6 – 7 Hatch - Apr 26-27
Set – Apr 13 – 14, May 6 – 7, May 10 – 11 Hatch -May 3-4, 26-27, 30-31
Set –...
Not real sure. It's kinda like when you plant your garden by the moon (ie. plant root crop by the dark of the moon). Certain phases of the moon give better hatch rates.
Thanks so much for this information. This month I've had my worst hatch rate ever. Then I remembered that last year when I had a 95% hatch rate I'd set the eggs by the moon. I did a search to see if anyone was talking about hatching by moon phases and here I am. It looks like I can set eggs next...