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

Great Egg Candling Pictures

Candler construction and day 8 pics

Egg Candling Video See the chick move inside the egg! (Windows Media Player)

Easy Chicken - Terrific candling pictures (external site)

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!

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.

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

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

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

Building a Coop/Pen/Run - This is our Coop Designs page - lots of ideas there!

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 the Feathersite website
Incubator - Plywood - University of Nebraska
Incubator - From a waterbed heater and an old fridge
Incubator - Step-by-step from Ohio State University
Incubator - The "Matilda" incubator by Dennis Hawkins
Incubator - From Cedar Grove Farms

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