If for some reason the temperature has dropped below the correct temperature on a few occasions, you could find some of your eggs only hatching on day 22, 23, or even on day 24 or 25. Whereas fertilized chicken eggs usually take exactly 21 days to hatch, most duck eggs take 28 days, apart from Muscovy ducks. As a general rule of thumb, the eggs of Muscovy ducks take 35 days, but once again, it can vary slightly depending on conditions.
croquette (krÉÊËkÉt; krÉ-) n (Cookery) a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs [C18: from French, from croquer to crunch, of imitative origin] croâ¢quette (kroÊËkÉt) n. a small cake or ball of minced meat, fish, vegetable, or other food coated with egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried.
The croquette is usually shaped into a cylinder, disk, or oval shape, and then deep-fried. The croquette (from the French croquer, to crunch) gained worldwide popularity, both as a delicacy and as a fast food. Mashed potato-filled croquettes are often served as a side dish in winter holiday meals, such as Christmas.