How Do You Incubate Chicken Eggs Using An Electric Incubator?
Hatching your own chicks in an electric incubator is an economical way to add chickens to your farm. The incubation time for chickens is 21 days, give or take a day. Hatching your own chicks is simple. Chicken eggs just need a few basics to develop and hatch. They need a steady temperature of 99.5 degrees, moisture and someone to turn the eggs. Plug in your electric incubator and set the thermostat to 99.5 degrees 48 hours before you begin incubation. At the same time, place the automatic egg turner inside the incubator and plug it in. This will give the temperature inside the incubator time to stabilize. Place the thermometer on top of the egg turner. Watch the thermometer closely and adjust the thermostat as needed to maintain 99.5 degrees. Load the eggs into the egg turner. It is important to place the small end of the egg down. The air bubble is in the large end of the egg. The chick’s head needs to be near the large end and the air bubble during hatching. If the small end is facin
