Things You'll Need:
- Chicken Coops
- Chicken Feed
- Chicken Feeders
- Chicken Waterers
- Hatching Eggs
- Hen Nesting Boxes
- Egg Incubators
- Chicken Dusting Powder
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Step 1
Prepare the nest with lots of bedding in a quiet, dark area of the shelter.
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Step 2
Place eggs (8 to 10) under the hen or in the nest when she's feeding.
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Step 3
Check to see if she's going to "set" eggs. Remove her a few times and see if she returns to nest.
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Step 4
Provide feed and water close to the nest.
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Step 5
Separate her from the other hens if there seems to be a fight over the nest.
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Step 1
Gather eggs from a flock of hens with a rooster in the pen with them. It takes one rooster to every ten hens to produce fertile eggs.
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Step 2
Store eggs in a place that's between 50 and 75 degrees F until they're placed in the incubator.
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Step 3
Read the incubator instructions and follow its guidelines.
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Step 4
Keep the incubator indoors where it's easy to maintain.
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Step 5
Start the incubator a few days before you place eggs in it in order to adjust the temperature, humidity and airflow.
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Step 6
Place an "X" with a pencil lightly on one side of egg. This will tell you if you have turned the egg.
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Step 7
Turn eggs at least two to three times a day for the first 18 days. Do not turn them the last three days of incubation.
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Step 8
Test for infertile eggs by "candling" the eggs.
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Step 9
Clean and disinfect the incubator after all the eggs have hatched.









Comments
leslie1946 said
on 4/11/2009 which end of the egg is to be put in the bottom of the incubator?
ANDREW1982 said
on 12/19/2008 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BABY CHICKS OR HENS THEN EMAIL ME FOR A DIRECT RESPONSE
AIRMALTA@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
ANDY
ANDREW1982 said
on 12/19/2008 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BABY CHICKS OR HENS EMAIL ME AND I WILL REPLY DIRECT TO YOU.
AIRMALTA@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
ANDY
AnnetteLucy said
on 8/3/2008 we peeled part of our egg that a local farmer said would be okay, it seems to be making noise and moving arround however will not stand up, should they stand up in the first hour , if not when?
AnnetteLucy said
on 8/3/2008 we peeled part of our egg that a local farmer said would be okay, it seems to be making noise and moving arround however will not stand up, should they stand up in the first hour , if not when?