Hatchery & Brooding

About This Guide

Hatch more chicks, raise more of them.

Every poultry farm needs chicks, and good hatcheries are in demand. This guide explains how to choose and run an incubator, select and store hatching eggs, candle, hatch, solve poor hatches, brood chicks through the first weeks and run hatching as a business, with drawings, charts, costings and record sheets.

How to use this guide

• Read Chapters 1 - 3 before you buy an incubator.
• Use Chapters 4 - 6 for every batch of eggs you set.
• Use Chapters 7 - 8 to brood and protect the chicks.
• Use Chapter 9 and the record sheets to run it as a business.

What You'll Learn

• 1The Hatchery Business
• 2Choosing an Incubator
• 3Setting Up the Hatchery Room
• 4Hatching Eggs: Source, Select, Store
• 5Incubation
• 6Hatching and Troubleshooting
• 7Brooding Chicks
• 8Chick Health and Hatchery Hygiene
• 9Running a Hatchery Business

Also inside: A: Record Sheets; B: Quick Reference.