Farm Animals

An egg incubator consists of a container and a controlled heating system. It imitates a mother bird's care by turning and keeping the eggs warm, nurturing them until they hatch. Commercial...

Quail are small game birds raised for consumption and eggs. Popular varieties include the Bobwhite quail and the Japanese quail. Whatever the type you wish to raise, you can start your own...

The call duck is a small bantam duck breed. The tiny duck, which looks somewhat like its relative, the mallard duck, weighs less than 2 pounds and is typically used for ornamental or pet purposes....

The Pekin is a type of duck breed. Originally from China, it is one of the most widely raised duck breeds in North America for both meat and eggs. The duck has white plumage and an orange-yellow...

Most folks who raise laying hens start their flocks with day-old chicks from a hatchery. This allows them to avoid the expense and hassle of raising unwanted males. As the price of chicken meat...

In the wild, an emu will incubate and hatch its own eggs, sitting on and guarding them. They will do the same on your farm, as well --- but you can also remove the eggs and incubate them...

For fertile bird or reptile eggs to hatch, conditions must be optimal. These conditions include a constant, appropriate temperature and steady humidity. Properly built incubators provide these...

You can hatch fertile chicken eggs and other types of eggs at home in an incubator. You need an incubator to carefully control the conditions for the eggs. The temperature and humidity must be...

Incubators are heated boxes used to keep eggs warm before hatching and, subsequently, young chicks warm. Using incubators allows fowl farmers and hobby breeders freedom in breeding programs....

Hatching goose eggs can be a fun and educational experience for the whole family. Goose eggs are incubated for 28 days. The incubation process is simple and you can do it with just a few basic...

Geese are wonderful additions to small farms. Raising geese from eggs is just as easy as buying hatchlings or adult geese. Using an incubator increases the odds of successfully hatching the egg....

Proper storage of eggs that will be set or incubated is important to ensure the highest fertility rate and hatching success.

Hatching chicken eggs can be a fun and educational experience for the entire family. Baby chicks hatch with their eyes open and down covering their body. Within an hour of hatching they are up and...

A homemade chick incubator can be used as a fun educational project for children or as a way of increasing your chicken population at home. Regardless of the reason, the materials used for making...

One of the most fascinating projects on the farm is hatching chicks. Using an incubator is the easiest way to manage hatching, since chickens aren't always in the mood to watch over a clutch of...

Learn how to assist a baby chick during it's hatch, for emergencies ONLY!

Looking after your own duck egg doesn’t have to be incredibly difficult. It is important however to follow instructions very carefully—because like any newborn, a lot of things can go wrong, so...

Hatching duck eggs can be an exciting process for both adults and children. It takes close to a month for duck eggs to hatch, so it requires a lot of patience and daily work. The work is not...

The emu is the largest Australian native bird. It is among the biggest fowl in the world. Second only to its close cousin, the ostrich, the two breeds share a number of characteristics, including...

Making your own poultry incubator is an easy way to hatch chicks. Most of the things you need to construct an incubator can be found around your house. Kids enjoy helping with the construction and...

Maintaining the humidity at 85 to 87% for the first 18 days of incubation is imperative to successfully hatching your clutch of healthy chicks. For the remaining three days of incubation, increase...

Hatching chicks can be difficult if you don't create the proper conditions for the eggs to incubate. One option is to make a cabinet into a chicken incubator.

When hatching chicken eggs, you'll use one of two kinds of incubators and you'll need to maintain proper incubation conditions. Keeping a steady humidity level increases the chances that the eggs...

Hatching an egg is a great project for any classroom. There is more to it than putting the egg under a light bulb and letting it hatch. The temperature must be monitored. The humidity levels...

If you have been following along with our series on how to hatch and raise baby ducks, then you now know how to go from freshly laid eggs to chirping baby ducks. The next steps are somewhat more...

Being born is an awesome thing. As humans, we think of this as a difficult and scary proposition, requiring Doctors and Nurses, and all the latest scientific equipment that money can buy. For...

The best incubator for a fertilized chicken egg is a broody hen. With no help from the outside world, the eggs are turned, kept at the proper temperature and cared for once they're hatched....

Raising chickens can be both educational and entertaining as well as a way creating sustainability in these unstable times. Not only can you provide chickens for your own use, but hatching chicks...

Chicks are young chickens. The term is used for chicks up to an age of five to 10 weeks, after which they are labeled as either "pullets" (adolescent female chickens) or...

If you are looking to increase the size of your chicken farm faster than your rooster crows, hatching the eggs yourself may be the option for you. There is a bit of a trick to obtaining a...

There is no sure-fire way to get a hen to adopt a chick raised in an incubator, but there are steps that you can take to increase the chances that the mother will accept the surprise addition. By...

The beauty of new life is revealed before your eyes in this simple and educational project. I taught a class to friends and family on the joy of hatching and raising chickens. Here is my...

Successful hatching of poultry eggs depends on the proper care and incubation of the eggs. The incubators' function is to bring normal room temperature up to the correct temperature for hatching...

Hatching eggs in an incubator can be fun and rewarding for both adults and children also. Hatching eggs for the farm is a great way to increase your chicken flock and, for children, can be a...

In the wild, female emus lay their eggs and male emus incubate them. Removing the eggs allows the emus to continue to breed and thus produces more eggs. Once you have removed your eggs from your...

A rhea is a large bird, similar to an ostrich or emu. Poultry farmers breed Rheas for their feathers, oil and meat. If you want start farming rheas, you should know how to hatch them in an...

The term "peacock" refers to the male of one of two species of peafowl widely known for its lavish tail plumage. The female, or peahen, is brown and doesn't display the courtship feathers like her...

Pheasants are game birds that are often bred to be hunted on preserves or for wholesale or retail sale to restaurants and consumers. You can buy eggs for hatching from pheasant farmers and...

If you want to raise geese, you can buy goslings or start with eggs. Eggs are cheaper than goslings, and you can hatch them yourself in an incubator. It takes about 30 days of incubation, some...

Turkeys are usually raised for consumption on large farms, but if you are just starting out as a turkey farmer, or if you would like to keep them as pets, you can buy turkey eggs and hatch them...

There comes a time in everyone's life when they must ask the question, "What am I going to do with all these guinea fowl eggs?". Well, probably not. However, if you happen to like guinea fowl and...

There are several breeds of ducks. Each duck egg may hatch in different timeframes. The following steps will show you how to hatch eggs from the most common variety of duck, which is the Peking...

Hatching chicken eggs is a common science experiment in classrooms or at home. Children can learn a lot about nature and the growth process by watching chicken eggs hatch. If you are interested in...

Ostriches reach sexual maturity at about 2 years old and then are able to start laying eggs. Adult ostriches can lay up to fifty eggs per year, as long as the eggs are removed from the nest. It...

Hatching duck eggs can be a wonderful and rewarding experience. Although this task is a relatively simple one, care must be taken throughout the process to ensure a safe transition from egg to...

If you're lucky, you have a hen that will handle egg-hatching duties. Otherwise, an incubator will do. Here are the basics on both hatching methods.