Great deals on incubators,small incubators, large incubators, and commercial incubators for hatching baby chicks (chickens) plus helpful tips. If you have never hatched baby chicks in an incubator before here are a few things that can help you decide if you are ready to hatch chicks.
Before you purchase a incubator for the first time you should first ask yourself and answer these things:
Before you purchase a incubator for the first time you should first ask yourself and answer these things:
- Why do you want to hatch baby chicks? For example, are you hatching chicks for a hobby, school project, for egg production, meat production or to sell?
- Have you done your research on how to hatch baby chicks?
- How many baby chicks do you plan to hatch? If you only plan to hatch a few chicks a small incubator for your backyard flock would be more appropriate. If you plan on regularly hatching chicks for your own farm flock you should get a larger incubator, and if you are planning on selling your baby chicks on a regular basis a large commercial incubator would suit your needs.
- What do you plan to do with the baby chicks after hatch? For example, do you plan to raise and keep your baby chicks or do you plan to sell them?
- Do you plan to vaccinate your baby chicks? If so are you prepared to give your baby chicks a Mareks vaccination at 1 day old?
- Do you have a brooder box, chick feed, bedding, and supplies to take care of your baby chicks?
- Do you have a safe, clean chicken coop to put them in when they outgrow the brooder box?
- Before purchasing an incubator always read the product reviews before making up your mind.
If you want to hatch out chicks and you do not have a broody hen or cannot coerce your hen to sit on her eggs long enough to hatch them you may decide to use a brooder (incubator). Keep in mind when hatching baby chicks that approximately half of them will be female and half will be male.
Average hatching time is:
The average time it takes for chicks to hatch is 20-23 days.
Candle your eggs Before Putting them in your brooder or incubator
Average hatching time is:
The average time it takes for chicks to hatch is 20-23 days.
Candle your eggs Before Putting them in your brooder or incubator
- You should candle the eggs before placing them in the incubator. Infertile eggs can explode and make a terrible, smelly mess inside your incubator
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