![]() How to Manually Turn the Eggs in Your Incubator Please use a pencil to mark your eggs and not a permanent marker as shown in the photo below. This ensures that you can see which eggs you have turned. You should place an X on one side and O on the other side. Secondly, it helps identify whether an egg has been turned - otherwise an egg always looks the same. Firstly, you can easily tell which chicken or breed has laid the egg. It’s a good idea to accurately mark your eggs for a manual turn. You should also try and find a location which is easy to access because you will want to be able to regularly check on your eggs. ![]() You should generally try to keep the incubator away from radiators, windows or doors - so that draughts and sunlight do not affect it too much. ![]() Ideally the room should have thermostatic controls and 24 hour heating so that there isn’t a large drop in temperature at night. If the room has large variations in temperature, then the incubator will find it harder to maintain a constant temperature inside. Many councils do not allow roosters to be kept within residential areas, so it is worth remembering that once these cute male chicks mature and start to crow you will need to relocate them to a new ‘forever’ home.įinally, you will end up with more chickens! It sounds obvious, but you will need space to house and time to look after the extra chickens.Īn ideal place to site your incubator is a location which has a steady, constant temperature varying by only a few degrees. If you don't think having a big noisy male who doesn't contribute anything to the nest box sounds like your cup of tea then it is seriously worth considering not breeding chickens. Cockerels don’t lay eggs, are noisy and can be aggressive. ![]() It is also worth noting that, at least half of all the eggs you hatch will be cockerels. With hatching eggs there are no guarantees that every egg is going to hatch and grown into a laying hen. If it is your first time keeping poultry, then we recommend buying point of lay pullets as a good start. If you have not kept chickens before then hatching your own eggs is a complicated way to start. There are several things you should consider before hatching your own eggs. However, breeding chickens isn’t for everyone. ![]()
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