Last year I took a break from breeding so this year I may be out of sinc. My clucth of mex-mexs hatched in aug. dates 10th -15th yet only one has eaten on his own for me no tricks involved. I just have to wait a little longer. normally it would have only taken 2 months tops to get all of them eating good. Boy at this rate they may be here until the spring. when I'll be putting the parents back together plus their new step-mom. I'll cool them this week then bring them out for new years hopefully they'll eat then.