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We've been writing about incubators for a long time! Here's what we've done so far.

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5 Chicken Feeders Worth Buying

5 Chicken Feeders Worth Buying

Advice about choosing the right chicken feeder for your needs - includes product recommendations and a hilarious treadle training video.

What Else to Buy with Your New Egg Incubator

What Else to Buy with Your New Egg Incubator

These supplies are helpful for hatching and raising your new chicks whether using the chickens for meat or reselling.

The 5 Best Chicken Pluckers

The 5 Best Chicken Pluckers

These reviews feature both out-of-the-box-functional and drill-mounted chicken pluckers, so you can choose the best method to de-feather your birds.

Essential Supplies For When Your Chicks Hatch

Essential Supplies For When Your Chicks Hatch

Raising chickens is a fun, rewarding hobby - here are the accessories and supplies you'll need to get going, with great advice so you don't waste your cash.

How To Use An Egg Incubator To Hatch Eggs

How To Use An Egg Incubator To Hatch Eggs

For eggs to hatch in an incubator you need to keep the settings stable and constant. Click to find out the proper steps for hatching an egg in an incubator.

How Long Does It Take A Chicken Egg To Hatch?

How Long Does It Take A Chicken Egg To Hatch?

Hatching your little darlings follows a schedule. It's not strict and it's not always the same for all eggs, but you'll find that this a good guide.

Digital Sportsman Cabinet Incubator 1502 Review

Digital Sportsman Cabinet Incubator 1502 Review

An incubator that tries to meet all your needs in one box - and nearly succeeds! With a large capacity and great hatching rates, it's easy to see why this is becoming an industry favorite.

Magicfly Digital Mini Automatic Egg Incubator Review

Magicfly Digital Mini Automatic Egg Incubator Review

This reasonably priced unit is ideal for a wide variety of eggs, including those of chicken, ducks, geese, and fowl.

The Best Poultry Shears

The Best Poultry Shears

From chopping up carcasses to butterflying a chicken, turkey, or game bird for spatchcocking, a good pair of poultry shears will save you time and strain.

What’s the Best Chicken Brooder?

What’s the Best Chicken Brooder?

A brooder is somewhere that chicks are kept warm and safe, fed and watered, until they are old enough to be released into the yard with the bigger hens.

The Best Incubators for Reptiles

The Best Incubators for Reptiles

Different reptile species have different incubation needs, so make sure the incubator you choose is suitable for the species you keep.

How To Make An Emergency Egg Incubator

How To Make An Emergency Egg Incubator

You can also make your own emergency chicken egg incubator. Just follow these steps!

How to Prepare Eggs for Incubation

How to Prepare Eggs for Incubation

An incubator is a not a miracle working tool but rather a complement to the hatchers’ efforts. Here's 4 tips that will help.

How To Choose The Right Incubator And Eggs For Hatching

How To Choose The Right Incubator And Eggs For Hatching

Raising your own pets is a really great experience, and with an incubator you can pretty much hatch anything that comes in an egg.

How to Build a Chicken Coop in 5 Easy Steps

How to Build a Chicken Coop in 5 Easy Steps

To help you build the best home for your new babies, here are the 5 basic steps on how to build a chicken coop.

How to Maintain Correct Humidity and Ventilation in Your Incubator

How to Maintain Correct Humidity and Ventilation in Your Incubator

Some of the most important variables in the hatching process are proper humidity and adequate ventilation.

How To Incubate Zebra Finch Eggs

How To Incubate Zebra Finch Eggs

You need to follow some tips to see your zebra finch eggs hatch. Follow our tips and you will be able to hatch your zebra finch eggs without a problem!

How to Incubate Reptile Eggs

How to Incubate Reptile Eggs

This article gives you a systematic guideline about incubating reptile eggs. We cover areas such as incubation containers, ventilation, temperature.

How to Turn Eggs in an Incubator

How to Turn Eggs in an Incubator

One of the things that a farmer will need to do on a daily basis during the incubation process is to keep turning the eggs - unless it's automated!

How to Safely Remove Chicks from Your Incubator

How to Safely Remove Chicks from Your Incubator

Remove chicks in a safe manner so that you don’t injure them in the process of transferring them from the incubator. The article will guide you!

How to Set Up Your Incubator for Hatching

How to Set Up Your Incubator for Hatching

As an aspiring chicken tycoon, getting optimal hatching results is dependent on how you prepare everything, starting with the incubator.

How to Conduct a Successful Egg Candling Process

How to Conduct a Successful Egg Candling Process

Egg candling is one of the ways through which you can know the hatching possibilities of your incubated eggs and “count your chicks before they hatch”.

Tips on how to Diagnose and Resolve Hatching Problems

Tips on how to Diagnose and Resolve Hatching Problems

The purpose of this article to list for you some of the most disheartening hatching problems, how to diagnose them, and also how to resolve them.

Temperature Control in an Egg Incubator

Temperature Control in an Egg Incubator

Having the proper temperature is perhaps the number one factor that determines if your eggs are going to hatch.

Tips on How to Clean an Egg Incubator Effectively

Tips on How to Clean an Egg Incubator Effectively

It is important to ensure that an incubator is cleaned effectively so as to stand better chances of success during the next hatching.

Brinsea Octagon 20 ECO Auto Turn Egg Incubator Review

Brinsea Octagon 20 ECO Auto Turn Egg Incubator Review

The Brinsea Octagon 20 is a great egg incubator. It's durable, can fit up to 24 eggs, and those eggs can be from a variety of different bird breeds.