![]() You can pick a better one up at Walmart for a few bucks. Those thermometers are pretty well known for being wrong. If you happened to buy a Styrofoam incubator and it came with a stick thermometer, throw that out. ![]() Raise the humidity to 65% for the last 3 days off hatching. Keep your humidity between 40-50% for the first 18 dates of incubation. A hygrometer measures the humidity level inside the incubator. You'll want to use a thermometer and a hygrometer. It's very important to keep the air inside the incubator stable, as even 1 degree difference can terminate the embryos. In a still air incubator you want to measure the air at the top of the eggs since the heat is coming from above, the eggs are warmer at the top than at the bottom. In a forced air incubator you can measure the air temperature anywhere inside the incubator and it will be accurate since the air is circulating. A still air incubator should be kept at 101 -102 ° F, but is measured at the top of the eggs. It's important to know what kind of incubator you have because the temperature requirements are different for each one.Ī forced air incubator should be kept at 99-99.5° F. Forced air incubator means that the incubator has a fan inside it to circulate the air. Still air incubator means there is no artificial air flow inside the incubator. Related reading: Which incubator should you buy?įirst, you'll need to get an incubator. If you don't have a broody though you'll need to use an incubator and that's where it gets a little more complicated. ![]() This is easiest if you want to hatch chicks from your own flock. That way you don't have to worry about temperature, humidity and all that jazz. Obviously the easiest way to hatch chicks would be to just let a broody handle the egg hatching. Others just like to expand their flock by hatching eggs from their own chickens. That's how I get most of my chickens, especially the fancy breeds. ![]() You can buy hatching eggs from a flock clear across the country and have them shipped to you. Most people choose to incubate eggs that they purchased from a breeder to add a new breed to their flock. First, decide if you should hatch chicks instead of buying them already hatched. Since hatching season is rapidly approaching, I think now is the time to talk about incubating eggs and hatching chicks. ![]()
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