We incubated Brahma eggs and they hatched on Tuesday 25th May.
Some important things we learned about using an incubator were…
- while incubating eggs do not turn it off!
- you can use an ovascope to check the eggs are birded and to see the chicks develop inside
- hen eggs take (approximately) 21 days to hatch
- stop the incubator turning on day 18
- keep the incubator at the correct temperature 37.4 to 37.6 degrees c.
- keep the humidity constant
- do not open the incubator while they are hatching
- when they break the shell with their beak it is called pipping
- when they hatch and fluff up put stones in their water so that they don’t drown in it
