When we first started the process of hatching our own eggs I thought the idea of candling seemed really simple, how hard could it really be? But it turns out how to candle eggs can be a little more tricky than you would think. During the process of incubating eggs there are a few different…
Incubators can be costly, even for a small, manual incubator that doesn’t have any of the fancy bells and whistles like temperature and humidity control. Your can make a homemade foam cooler egg incubator for a fraction of the cost. We have a small 16 chicken egg incubator. But what happens when you want to…
Choosing the right egg incubator is the first step in incubating eggs. Even before picking out the best eggs to incubate. You want to make sure you get the right incubator for your lifestyle, your space, and your needs/wants. When we incubated eggs the first time, I borrowed an incubator. I wanted to test the…
Have you ever seen newly hatched coturnix quail? They are adorable, they are speedy, and tiny, and everything cute. And boy do they grow fast! Hatching coturnix quail is very similar to hatching chicken eggs. The first thing to know when you want to hatch eggs is that you need is a male quail and…
If you have been reading up, or asking friends about incubating eggs than you have probably heard about incubator lockdown. But what does that mean? What do you have to do to lockdown your incubator, and most importantly, when do you do it? Let’s start with what lockdown means. In the simplest terms it means…