Keeping Your Incubator at the Perfect Temperature for Chicken Eggs

Chicken eggs prepared for incubator

Incubating eggs can be a tricky business for beginners. There are very specific conditions you need to maintain to ensure the highest hatch rates for your eggs. The window of appropriate temperatures is fairly small.

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Is owning chickens worth it and cost-effective?

Eggs in a tray - Are the okay for vegans?

One of the first questions people ask me when they hear I have a flock of chickens in my backyard is, “Are backyard chickens worth it?” Here are some other questions that I am asked and a number of reasons I give people who ask me.

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Why do chicken eggs need to be turned in an incubator?

Chicken eggs prepared for incubator

Turning the eggs in your incubator is one of the most important parts of incubating. Hatch rate can significantly decrease if you do not properly invest in the time to turn your eggs every day for the first two weeks or so of incubation

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Should I wash eggs before incubating?

Chicken eggs prepared for incubator

If you have some backyard chickens and are looking to expand your feathered flock then you are probably investigating how to use an incubator to hatch new eggs. This is not always as straightforward a process as you might believe as you are basically replacing the natural incubating process with an artificial one.

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How to Raise Baby Chicks

Raising baby backyard chickens is great fun

Raising backyard chickens has grown in popularity in recent years. And I think it’s fun. Perhaps you want to raise your own baby chicks, rather than buying mature hens. Caring for baby chicks need not be difficult or elaborate. You do not need a farm to have chickens. Read on for how to raise baby chicks in your backyard.

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