Incubation & Hatching
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Collapse ▲Incubating and hatching your own eggs is an alternative to getting newly hatched chicks. These resources will help you prepare to incubate and hatch healthy chicks and poults.
NC State Extension resources
Keeping Garden Chickens in North Carolina
This article from N.C. Cooperative Extension covers all aspects of starting and managing a backyard or garden flock of chickens in North Carolina.
This resource can be viewed online or downloaded for free.
Dr. Mary Fosnaught coordinates embryology programs for North Carolina. She has expertise in incubation and hatchery. This page includes further resources for incubation.
Other resources
This article from Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service gives an overview of multiple aspects of incubating fertile eggs.
This resource is a direct download link (PDF); updates cannot be guaranteed.
Incubating Eggs
2902-1090
This article from Virginia Cooperative Extension includes general guidance on incubation and hatching, with special sections to address power outages and incubating other species of poultry than chicken.
This resource can be viewed online or downloaded for free.
Operating a Still Air Model Incubator
Small Flock Series: Incubation of Poultry
This article from Extension at the University of Missouri gives detailed information for incubation and hatching. It includes a table with day-by-day and hour-by-hour developmental milestones.
This resource can be viewed online or downloaded for free.
A Systematic Approach to Solving Hatchability and Chick Quality Problems
Publication #VM136
This article from University of Florida IFAS Extension explains how to understand problems with hatching chicks.
This resource can be viewed online or downloaded for free.
If you have questions about incubating and hatching chicks or poults, contact an Area Specialized Agent for poultry, Mary Fosnaught, or your county’s livestock agent.