You’d think that hatching chicks from eggs would be easy – after all, birds do it. But it turns out to be a fussy business for humans, and what momma bird does naturally isn’t necessarily easy for us.

A poultry farmer offers up the lessons she learned after building a homemade egg incubator cabinet to hatch rare heritage chicks. My current homemade incubator must be the fifth or sixth version I’ve ...

Learn how to hatch chicken eggs with a light bulb in a homemade egg incubator with information on types of incubators, heat, humidity, ventilation, and hatching. Our start with chicken-raising was ...

Once a hen lays a clutch of eggs, instincts take over. They constantly fuss over them, adjusting them just so throughout the day and rarely leaving the nest for more than a few minutes. Motherhood is ...