Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Moving YP Ribbons:

YP eggs even to time of hatching are very durable and they can still be moved, although the egg ribbon may fall apart when you try to pick it up. A fine meshed net would have to be used to collect and move YP egg ribbons that are about to hatch or are hatching.

Estimating the success of the hatch. If you see hundreds or thousands of black spots in the egg ribbon the hatch success would be very good because the eggs developed well and progressed beyond getting fungus.