This is our heart egg!
Due to hatch on Valentine's Day it is just one of our many hatching eggs that we are incubating. This is a bit of new skill for us and we have predictably made a number of mistakes.
Fertilized eggs needs just the right conditions to hatch... steady temperature between 99-100F, humidity between 60-65% and regular turning (3 times a day). We have a pretty basic incubator that can hatch out up to 60 chicks at a time.
This year we have a couple of kids from our 4H Club who are following the progress of the eggs from laying to hatching. They are so excited to watch them emerge and are already dreaming up names for each one...
Fingers crossed! With some luck and learning we will see have some fluffy chicks in a few weeks.
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