Introduction: How to Hatch Chicken Eggs Using Incubator - Procedures

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Hatching chicken eggs it's simple with some knowledge!

Before eggs incubation:

Whats the Natural Brooding of Chickens?
Collecting chicken eggs in hen coop or chicken coop. Buy an egg candler and Candling eggs before incubation
Choosing an Egg Incubator Models and buy it.

Detailed instructions with illustrations : Hatching chicken eggs

Read more: To do before egg incubation.

Steps:

Step 1: Choosing your hatching method

Step 2: Collecting hatching eggs for incubation

Step 3: Candling eggs before incubation

Step 4: Selecting an automatic chicken egg incubator

Step 5: How to manually turn the eggs in your incubator

Step 6: How long to hatch chicken eggs in an incubator

Step 7: Control temperature and humidity in a incubator

Step 8: Egg turner for Automatic Circulated air Incubator

Step 9: Embryo development - Candling eggs during incubation

Step 10: Eggs getting ready to hatch - Chick hatching from egg

Step 11: Caring chicks before setting the brooder

Step 12: Common chicken egg incubation problems causes

Step 13: Hatching calendar - Incubating & hatching chicken eggs

Step 14: Making a chicken brooder in a chicken coop

Step 1: Setting Incubator.

After buying egg turner and circulated air incubator, you are ready to began incubation.

To do during incubation:

Installing Automatic egg turner in your incubator
Setting Up Incubator: Eggs Position
Setting Up Incubator: Incubation Time
Setting Up Incubator: Moisture Air circulation
Candling Eggs during Incubation

Read more: How to use an forced air incubator for hatching eggs

Step 2: Homemade Brooder for Chicks

After 21 days of incubation, newborn chicks are there!

I'ts time for caring and feeding!

Hatching Chicken Eggs in your incubator.
Post-hatching Care
Causes of Failure to Hatch
Hatching Calendar - Chart
Raising Baby Chicks in homemade brooder

Most important tips to know: Keeping chicks warm is essential.

Read more: After the chick hatched... What to do with hatched chiken.

Instructions en français (french instructions): Faire éclore des oeufs de poule