Hatching Eggs By The Moon Thread

[floridachickhatcher]

Ohhhh those emus are so cute as babies ^_^ i met a guy who lives around the corner and up the road he wants 100-200 baby chicks and i saw his emus lol there was a white pekin duck in with them and lol he was chasing after one of them and even bitting there necks and the emus were laying down on the ground while the owner was hosing them down and even had a kiddie pool for them and the white duck got on top of one of them and rode on its back lol it was sooo funny and i have 37 eggs in lockdown and i see where they are going to hatch a day or 2 days early ^_^
i love hatching by the moon and dry hatching

 

[yinepu]

Ohhhh those emus are so cute as babies ^_^ i met a guy who lives around the corner and up the road he wants 100-200 baby chicks and i saw his emus lol there was a white pekin duck in with them and lol he was chasing after one of them and even bitting there necks and the emus were laying down on the ground while the owner was hosing them down and even had a kiddie pool for them and the white duck got on top of one of them and rode on its back lol it was sooo funny and i have 37 eggs in lockdown and i see where they are going to hatch a day or 2 days early ^_^
i love hatching by the moon and dry hatching

Over in the emu section of the forum is a picture of a chicken riding around on an emu who is saddled lol



I set 8 mixed heritage turkey eggs today...

 

[B J Hopkins]

OR...... here is this earlier post to refer to.............

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 week on the 29th

 

[henpeck31]

I am pretty excited. we have a broody hen and we set eggs under her and they are going to be by the moon. This is her first broody. so i am hoping we get a good number of chicks. But even if we just get a few that would be great.

 

[B J Hopkins]

I've a Cochin that was Broody in Dec, hatched 2 chicks Jan 4th. She's broody again. I've given her 10 eggs to sit on. Hope they all hatch!!

 

[The Chickeneer]

Ok so I was reading through the thread, and i got very curious. So how does this hatching by the moon work?what does the moon do? And how did you set the eggs, put the incubator outside under the moon or by a window under the moon? This is really interesting but I am just so confused. Can someone please explain to me how this works?? Thanks

 

[B J Hopkins]

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.

 

[B J Hopkins]

Kathy, I have the missing dates, but I figured them out myself from this website. I also looked at all the dates you have listed and some of them are not right on with the moon's signs (or the fruitful signs.) Please forgive my lack of technical terms.

Mar 29-30
April 7-8, 16-17, 26-27
May 3-4, 7-8, 16-17, 26-27, 30-2
July 6, 27
August 3-4, 13-14, 22-23, 30-31
Dec 9, 19, 27

Also, based on the fruitful dates under the waxing moon, the very best dates to hatch on are only about twice a month.

Those dates are:
Jan 25-26
Feb 4-5, 21-22
Mar 2-3, 29-30
Apr 26-27
May 3-4, 26-27, 30-31
Jun 1-2, 19-20, 28-29
Jul 25-26
Aug 22-23, 30-31
Sep 1, 18-19, 27-28
Oct 15-16, 24-25
Nov 12-13, 20-21
Dec 17-18, 27-28

BTW: I thought I would share this little story with you. My husband asked me what I was doing. I replied, "I am figuring out the best dates of the year to hatch eggs, based on the lunar cycle and the planets locations. Yep, sounds absolutely CRAZY!

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 – May 12 – 13, May 30 – 31, Jun 8 – 9 Hatch -Jun 1-2, 19-20, 28-29
Set – Jly 5 – 6, Hatch -Jul 25-26
Set – Aug 2 – 3, Aug 10 – 11 Hatch -Aug 22-23, 30-31
Set – Aug 12, Aug29 – 30, Sept 7 – 8 Hatch -Sep 1, 18-19, 27-28
Set – Sept 25 – 26, Oct 4 – 5 Hatch -Oct 15-16, 24-25
Set – Ocy 23 – 24, Oct 31 – Nov 1 Hatch -Nov 12-13, 20-21
Set – Nov 27 – 28, Dec 7 – 8 Hatch -Dec 17-18, 27-28

 

[sparrker]

This last month I hatched by the moon. for a first timer I hatched 23 out of 24. Definately will hatch by the moon from now on

 

[yinepu]

well.. my May 5th turkeys and chicks decided to hatch out on the 4th... but the ones I had set for the 6th are right on schedule!