Hello! I've been following this site and all the incubator advice for several weeks and just purchased a Hovabator Deluxe Egg Incubator Combo kit and the HumidiKit to start our own chicken flock. When I was in highschool we borrowed an incubator and hatched out our own eggs. Those chicks ended up being sterile because of improper incubation techniques. Thus, I am very grateful for forums like this to help me along now as we build a flock of chickens for our own home! My 5y/o daughter is super excited about seeing the baby chicks hatch! Though I've raised chickens before, I consider myself to be a newbie to hatching out chickens myself. Any advice for novices that you may be able to offer would be incredibly helpful! Sincerely, Hannah
Hi Hannah Glad you could join us here! Congrats on your incubator purchase My best advise to you would be to check out this article ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101 It's a bible on incubating and hatching and always my go to for reference. Wishing you the very best of luck with your incubations and enjoy BYC
If you are interested here is a link to our April Hatch A Long: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...april-hatch-a-long-hosted-by-mike-sally/0_100
Hi Hannah and welcome to BYC - good luck with your hatch. Once you got past that hurdle, the following link may help a little - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/getting-started-raising-chickens Best wishes CT
