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I don't know if this is the "right" thing to do, as I've just started hatching this year, but here's what I did. I had two different sets of eggs in the same incubator. Set number 2 was on days 11-14 of incubation while set number one was at 65-70 percent humidity for lockdown. After the...

I tried one hatch with a borrowed still air little giant, and that told me everything I didn't want in an incubator. The $49 doesn't include the egg turner, which you can buy separately but that basically doubles your cost. So while the little giant is cheap, and many people will be able to...

Oh, that's totally different if you're keeping the chicks but just hatching them at school for the kids to see. That's very generous of you to do that for your students. I have heard wonderful things about the Brinsea Ecoglow brooder. I just purchased mine from Amazon.com. Couldn't decide...

Not all shipped eggs will have detached air cells, so it may not be an issue. Here is some great hatching information, including information on how to handle shipped eggs: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 It is a very long article with lots of links, so if you don't find...

WHAT???!!! I'm totally dumbstruck by this post. Are you saying that the fan doesn't have a complete and secure guard on it??? How is this possible? Is yours missing a part? Even an $8 clip on fan that I bought at the drug store has an effective guard on it! Having chicks get chopped up by...

I'm thinking of doing the same thing. How high do you get your humidity at hatch? I'm going to eventually be doing turkey eggs, which I'm told needs a minimum hatching humidity of 65%, but a bit higher is better. Which incubator do you use for incubation?