This section is for basic "how to do it yourself" guidance -- click on a link below to go to that page.

Hatching Eggs
How to Hatch Eggs - #1 of a series

Dry Incubation by Bill Worrell

Homemade Incubators - Make your own chicken egg incubator using designs submitted by our chicken forum community.

Great Egg Candling Pictures

Candler construction and day 8 pics

A Chick Hatching - Series pics showing a Gold Laced Wyandotte hatching

The First 60 Days - #2 of a series

Feeding
Waterers/Feeders - How to make your own waterer/feeder

Large Homemade Feeder - HomeMade feeder from scrap wood

Homemade Auto Waterer - A bucket + some fittings + a toilet valve = awesome!

Auto Watering System - A fantastic home made watering system that doesn't require a local water source.

Auto Watering System II - 5 gallon bucket, PVC & nipple based chicken watering system

Self Closing Feeder - John Riddell's autofeeder - (images/video clip)

Chicken Treat Chart - A list of everything you can feed a chicken. Submitted by our forum members.

Coops & Runs
Chicken Coops - Hundreds of chicken coop plans submitted by our members

Nesting Boxes - Information about chicken nesting boxes

Using Sand in your Coops - One of our members favorite ways to properly care for her chickens

Coop Ventilation - Chickens are amazing producers of moisture, ammonia and heat so ventilate

Keeping Coop Warm - What to do (and not do!) about a cold coop

Fix A Muddy Run - Because chickens enjoy stepping in cold muddy manure mud as much as you do

Deep Litter Method - Let your coop litter build up over time

Automatic Chicken Coop Doors - Auto Close/Open & Auto Close

Miscellaneous
Adding New Chickens to Your Flock - How to ensure successful integration with your existing chickens.

Wing Clipping - how to safely clip wings to prevent flight.

Diatomaceous Earth - Often used as an all natural insecticide and as an absorbent for liquids

Plucking a Hen by Waxing (warning, graphic pics) - Don't want to spend hours pulling out the pin feathers one by one, then wax it!

Other Resources (require Adobe Acrobat Reader):
Chicken Questions & Answers - (Texas Agriculture Extension Service L-5323)
Hatching Eggs in the Classroom: A Teachers Guide - (Texas Agriculture Extension Service B-5084)
Pest Control on Poultry Farms - (Texas Agriculture Extension Service L-1351)
The Small Laying Flock - (Texas Agriculture Extension Service PS5.250)

Incubators
Incubator - Mississippi State's tutorial > build a styrofoam incubator
Incubator - From an old refrigerator (University of Tennessee)
Incubator - From a waterbed heater and an old fridge