I would really love to start hatching my own eggs. I eventually plan to allow one of my Orpington hens to help with adopting eggs but until they are older I need to do it myself. I live in town so I can keep all the chicks but I have numerous family members that are willing to buy the chicks from me and I figured it would be a fun hobby for a stay at home mom like myself. Unfortunately I have NO idea on how to get started. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars because this is just a hobby but I do need something reliable. I looked at some homemade ideas but I have no clue how to wire anything and I have no idea how incubators work (I was a very sheltered city child) so I don't know anything about air circulation, temperatures, or turning the eggs. I found an incubator for sale at fleet farm that I was thinking of buying but it's pretty cheap and I don't know how well it would work, they also sell a separate egg turner you can buy. What should I all get and how difficult is it?
