how to hatch a chick from a cup link inside

[Suellyn]

Since the incubator/eggs need daily care & monitoring (watching temp/humidity, turning eggs several times a day if you don't have an automatic egg turner, watching hatch, etc.), you will probably want it at your house.

Can your Scouts do a couple "field trips" for candling, or even to come over when eggs start to hatch (can be a lengthy process, though, so may take some "coordinating" with the parents!!)? you could probably manage to make this something that both your son AND your Scouts can experience...

 

[pax12]

i am getting fertile eggs in the summer

 

[klf73]

there was a thread about this a while back. Someone did do it in college, think they also worked in a lab. They said all the embryos died from bacteria at some point. I don't think the average person has the required equipment to carry out this type of experiment successfully. There is a reason eggs have shells, it's the perfect environment for a chick

 

[pax12]

the plastic wiil come off at day 17

 

[pax12]

live stream of a 3 day old embryo in a bag

http://mycampage.com/stephenchickenandgreenhousecam

it might be hard to see you will see a circle then a reddish dot


here is a video

 

[jacob04]

The video I saw they put the egg in a cup that had stretched cling wrap draped down in it. The fertilized egg was put in the cup/ cling wrap and more cling wrap with tiny holes is put over the top.
The chick hatched. Not sure of the hatch rate though.
I'd love to try it at home.

 

[pax12]

Yup that's the new way I'm testing out now