Does anyone know how to tell what day chicks are on?

[HomeofTheChicks]

My chicken eggs are set to hatch soon, so I decided to check the calendar today. When I looked I had accidentally set a date for May 2 which would not be correct considering I have had them in there for quite a bit. Does anyone know how to tell what day the chicks are on?

 

[Sussex19]

If you candle them and post pics, one could make an educated guess.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I had accidentally set a date for May 2

Yeah, sounds like you turned two pages on your calendar instead of one. Ouch!

I'll ask a silly question, do you know the date the eggs were set? Obviously not since you are asking your question but I'll ask anyway.

What method did you use to originally calculate the date? Some people count days on the calendar (1, 2, 3, .......) until they get to 21, turning pages as necessary.

Some may use math and add 21 days to set date to come up with a date. Say you set on the 12th, add 21 to 12 and come up with 33. Since March has 31 days, subtract 31 and come up with the 2nd.

I know the day of the week I set them is the day of the week the 21 days are up. If I set on a Friday the 21 days are up on a Friday so I count down three weeks on that day of the week.

Can you back calculate using your method skipping April entirely. That should give you a date to work with.

You can then confirm that by using Sussex's method. You can find photos online or in the "Articles" section of this forum of what you should see each day when candling. Or post photos on here and get people to help you guess. This will not give you an exact date but it will confirm if your back calculation is in the ballpark or not. And it may be the best you can do.

 

[JedJackson]

If you think they are close to hatching I would just leave them, and up the humidity a bit. If you think they've been in for around 2 weeks then candling is a good idea.

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

Yeah, sounds like you turned two pages on your calendar instead of one. Ouch!

I'll ask a silly question, do you know the date the eggs were set? Obviously not since you are asking your question but I'll ask anyway.

What method did you use to originally calculate the date? Some people count days on the calendar (1, 2, 3, .......) until they get to 21, turning pages as necessary.

Some may use math and add 21 days to set date to come up with a date. Say you set on the 12th, add 21 to 12 and come up with 33. Since March has 31 days, subtract 31 and come up with the 2nd.

I know the day of the week I set them is the day of the week the 21 days are up. If I set on a Friday the 21 days are up on a Friday so I count down three weeks on that day of the week.

Can you back calculate using your method skipping April entirely. That should give you a date to work with.

You can then confirm that by using Sussex's method. You can find photos online or in the "Articles" section of this forum of what you should see each day when candling. Or post photos on here and get people to help you guess. This will not give you an exact date but it will confirm if your back calculation is in the ballpark or not. And it may be the best you can do.

Right now I'm not home, but I will post pictures of the inside of the egg when I get back so we can try to make an educated guess

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

If you candle them and post pics, one could make an educated guess.

will do so when I get home today!

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

Okay so here are all the candling pictures I took today. I numbered and titled the eggs so you guys would know the difference. I may have candled them wrong, but I did it on purpose so you guys could see the locations of the masses inside. I also added the duck candling pictures to get yall's opinions on wether they were healthy or not because I have no clue! At least 2 out of 4 passed the movement test as far as the duck eggs go, but then again I don't really know. Can anyone take guess at what day the chick eggs are on? Maybe what breed you think the duck eggs are?

 

[Sussex19]

I don't know about the duck eggs as I have never had any.
I would guess the chickens eggs are around day 12.

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

I don't know about the duck eggs as I have never had any.
I would guess the chickens eggs are around day 12.

Thankyou! Some other people have helped me take an educated guess as well. Day 12 it is perhaps.

 

[HomeofTheChicks]

We had our first hatcher today! Completely healthy and so far nothing has gone wrong.