Incubation: How To Tell If An Egg Is Fertile Or Infertile
Not sure whether your eggs are fertile? There are a couple of different methods you can use to see if there’s potential life inside an...
Hatch-A-Long: Day 18
Hatching week is a hairs breadth away and we are beyond egg-cited to meet our new baby chickens! Today is the last day we candle...
The Joys Of Incubating
Ah, the miracle of birth! Waiting for baby chickens to be born is such a wonderful time- it’s filled with great anticipation, joy and excitement!...
Hatch-A-Long: Day 12
22/09/2014 - Diary Entry 3 - The Second Candle Today is a very egg-citing day, as we got to do our second candle, and get...
Chicken Hatch-A-Long: Day 5
Diary Day 5 - 15/09/2014 - Our First Candle and Humidity Issues Day 5 is already upon us – how did that happen!? Today is...
Chicken Hatch-A-Long: Day 1
Diary Entry 1 – 11/09/2014 – Setting Up The Incubator & Day One Welcome to our Backyard Chicken Coops hatch-a-long! We are so excited to...
Hatching Baby Chickens: A Great Learning Experience For Kids
For a chicken keeper, there’s nothing more rewarding than hatching your own baby chickens and raising them from scratch. This wonderful egg-sperience is made even...
The Baby Chicken Checklist
Raising baby chickens is an extremely rewarding experience - you’ll love to see how quickly they grow, and how they behave with their little brothers...
What To Do In The First Few Days Of A Baby Chicken's Life
Embarking on the wonderful experience of hatching baby chickens? While your eggs are turning and the embryos are growing, you should make yourself an egg-spert...
What To Do When Baby Chickens Start To Hatch
Raising Baby Chickens - What To Do In The First 24 Hours So the magical hatching day has arrived! You have watched in awe of...
Incubation: Everything You Need To Know About Incubator Heat and Humidity
Hatching your own chickens is one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences, especially when lots of your little ones make it through the entire...
How to care for Baby Chicks
Keen to keep backyard chickens? One of the most important decisions you'll make is whether you want to start with point of lay chooks, pullets...
Why Spring Is The Perfect Time To Hatch Chickens
Ever tangoed with the idea of hatching chickens? Well, spring is the perfect time to put your ideas into practice! Everything about the season of...
Chicken Vs Machine: The Best Ways To Hatch Baby Chickens Explained
Raising baby chickens is one of the most rewarding experiences you could ever have as a chicken keeper. Honestly, who doesn’t love the idea of...
Preparing For The Big Day: Hatching Day
It's finally time to watch your little miracles come to life and break into the big wide world. The hatching process is hugely responsible for...
Baby Chick Incubation and Hatching
Looking at getting some adorable little feathered friends? Congratulations - raising baby chickens is one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever have. But, do...
All About Incubation
There is nothing more spectacular than the miracle of birth! Chicken incubating is egg-straordinarily spectacular! Hatching chicken eggs is an amazing process-in just twenty-one days,...
What is Candling?
Egg candling is a necessary part of the incubation process, that helps you identify whether the embryo is developing as it should, or whether something...
Incubation: Hand Egg Turning Vs. Auto Egg Turning
Turning the eggs is a crucial part of the incubation process- it must be done to ensure that the embryo does not stick to the...
How To Look After A Broody Hen Who is Incubating
If you’re using a broody hen to incubate some fertile eggs, then they need a little more TLC than normal. Broody hens always put the...
Our Top Tips for Incubation
There’s nothing more exciting than awaiting the pending arrival of new chickens, even more so when you have hatched the baby chicks yourself! While the...
Preparing For Baby Chickens
Preparing to take care of baby chickens is a serious commitment, a lot like having a baby of your own, only less terrifying. There is...
First Few Days and Weeks with Baby Chicks
“Peep, peep! Cheap, cheap!” Welcome to the wonderfully egg-citing world of fuzzy little baby chicks! Falling in love at first sight may be just a...
How To Spot A Bad Egg In The Incubator
Unfortunately, not all eggs in an incubator will survive the incubation process - no matter how careful we are! There will be one or more...
How Hard is Hatching Chickens?
The idea of hatching your own chickens may seem daunting - after all, is there a more strenuous and delicate act than bringing a newborn...
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