Helpful Resources
COMPARE INCUBATORS + A HATCHING TIP FROM KATIE
If you’re looked to hatch SHIPPED EGGS. I recommend going with the Hovabator 1588 with an auto turner. It holds 40 eggs. Add in an auto turner - it keeps the eggs upright. At lockdown, add in pulp egg cartons (air cell up as usual) with holes poked through, and the chicks hatch just fine without getting bumped around by early hatchers. Wait (at least) until Mid Day 22 before opening the incubator during hatch or you compromise the hatch.
HATCHING • FROM EGG TO CHICK
Cath Andrews on Hatching! Great advice pre-incubation, and during incubation! She also provides a day by day look from egg to chick, and much info about concerns.
RAISING HAPPY CHICKENS
There is much information shared here thanks to Cath Andrews: chicks, hatching, adults, coops, problems and solutions, and more!
POULTRY GENETICS
Lots of helpful information here.
WHERE TO TEST FOR WORMS
If you’d like to check for worms, prior to deworming we recommend sending fecals to MidAmerica Agricultural Research, INC. they’re a veterinary parasitology laboratory. It’s the most cost efficient option we have found, for sure! (Locally they’re $55.00/one)
THE FLOCK DIRECTORY
Support small breeders and hatcheries. It’s a great list of poultry breeders all over the country!
DEWORMING POULTRY + MORE
We Deworm our flock Multiple times a year.
Nicole from Heritage Acres offers the best information on deworming poultry I have found.
VANESSA from MAYBLOOMS
Vanessa shares a lot of information (ethically caring for poultry + harvest). She has a respectful approach to caring for poultry and the land.
You can find out more on her Instagram Highlights & her YouTube.
FREE RANGE CHICKEN GARDENS
Jessi Bloom shares how to create a chicken friendly yard. I certainly love seeing my birds wild and free.