Hatching according to astrology

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:43 am

Uh oh, something doesn't jive with those dates... for instance, the moon in this part of the world is waxing from January 28 to February 10th, February 27th to march 11th, etc. etc....I think maybe Farmers Almanac hatching recommendations might be about as reliable as their weather predictions...oh well, as soon as I get eggs end of February/ beginning of March, it's game on!!!

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:49 am

Flat Rock Farm wrote:QR_BBPOST
Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST Too late OC, she saw it!

Well I am setting my first clutch on March 14th. Heck anything to assist in a great hatch I'm all up for

Those will be set during a waning moon, and hatch on the waxing in this part of the world :D so you will be part of group "A". I think those dates posted are time-zone dependant!

Happy · Post by **Happy** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:48 am

Oh shoot that makes sense! Didn't even think of that

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:58 am

According to those dates I have always gone about it the wrong way, setting eggs on 1st of the month, to make it easy for my old tired brain to remember when to candle and when they will be hatching and the next batch 2 weeks later.
Adding moon fazes to this system would pretty much blow my system out of the water.
Also thinking about hatching under a hen this year, so maybe I will check how this relates to hens going broody?

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:14 am

OC, you may be on to something. something has to trigger the hormones in a hen to go broody, I wonder if it has something to do with this?

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:36 am

thegawd wrote:QR_BBPOST OC, you may be on to something. something has to trigger the hormones in a hen to go broody, I wonder if it has something to do with this?

Since the hens seem to go broody in what seems to us, a very haphazard fashion , this may call for another "control" group

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:30 pm

I have 3 Silkie hen's gone broodie, a couple weeks now, they are crazy I think!

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:13 pm

ross wrote:QR_BBPOST My horror scope says theys the best days to go fishing . Hmmmm luck

Horror scope.

ross · Post by **ross** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:35 pm

baronrenfrew wrote:QR_BBPOST
ross wrote:QR_BBPOST My horror scope says theys the best days to go fishing . Hmmmm luck
Horror scope.

Yep ....

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:45 pm

I had an almanac calendar one year and I tried hatching and not hatching according to the dates they listed. It totally works, all eggs in those batches hatched on their dates and 100% hens in those batches. That's what you wanted to read isn't it, grow up lol, there was no difference, there is no magic hatching dates, no Santa Claus, no Easter bunny. Hahaha, I'm being mean.