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National hatching chickens

Want to hatch all winter? Things to consider

Hatching fertile eggs through the later fall months and throughout winter certainly is an appealing prospect; you'll have birds ready to go in...
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Part 3: Home hatching - Candling and 'Lockdown'

Your eggs are in the incubator and you're finding it hard to sit on your hands and not mess with them for three whole weeks, right? It's OK...
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Part 4: Home Hatching - Brooding

While your eggs are 'cooking' in your incubator, you have approximately three weeks in which to prepare your brooder. Your brooder is where...
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Part 2: Home hatching - Incubation

So you have your fertile eggs and you're ready to start the process of turning them into chickens. There are two options open to you: natural...
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Part 1: Home hatching - what you'll need

By far the most fun and interactive way of adding to your backyard flock is to hatch your own eggs. You - and your children - get the complete...
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Acting as a "midwife" for chickens

The nursery school where I used to work had an annual project of hatching chickens so the children could experience, first hand, the miracle of new...
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