How We Break All The Rules When Hatching Chicks

This is how we break all the rules with incubating eggs and hatching chicks.

[@deannancfarms5767]

Thank you for being honest and optimistic! I've been raising chickens for 10+ years, and I keep seeing people that have been raising them for a year and then go tell everyone else they're doing it wrong. The community needs more realistic and supportive people like you.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you Deanna! We don’t claim to be experts in anything we just like to share what works for us and what gives us the greatest success.

[@user-oq4wd7xx1w]

Yea. Thank you. Yes you need rocks or marbles in a waterer for quail babies. But don't tell me all my big chicken chicks are gonna die if I don't do that when I've never done that in 25 plus years lol. 🤦. This is a GREAT video

[@saltlifegull4091]

I'm with you on lockdown - I add more eggs to incubator about every week and never deal with lockdown--they all do fine and I remove the ones that hatch while leaving others to continue incubating. Super video:))

[@raincoast9010]

This is a great video, if you think about it, a broody will hatch eggs from multiple chickens that have been laid over multiple days so the ultra scientific method might just be a bid over kill. Thanks for posting.

[@wordswritteninred7171]

I just found your channel. I am hatching eggs for the first time in decades! lol I have olive eggers. And I have been having such a hard time determining if they are still alive! I thought it was my light, or my eyesight! I have never had such a hard time! THANK YOU for stating that olive eggers eggs are hard to see through! I can stop trying to figure out what I am doing wrong! lol

[@lindsayleer5589]

I love your attitude, took a lot of stress off me. I have babies that are a day or so apart and one that is 5 days apart. I thought I completely messed up now that I’ve hit lock down. I took them off the egg turner and I was going to hope that last egg could hold on long enough for me to reopen and start turning again. Psh according to you I’m perfectly fine turning that bad boy while waiting on these older guys and it’s such a relief lol. Great video. Thank you

[@I_am_Katsu]

how did it go?

[@ChristopherWKwan]

I’m keen to know also!

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Love this. Hatching my own chicks for the first time. I like working around the rules.. Sometimes it's the best way! Great advice and video. Thank you so much!

[@marciathompson1237]

My Mother and I hatched chicks in a cardboard box with a drop light when I was a little girl. I've thought it strange how everyone says you have to do this and you have to do that everything has to be perfect I knew it wasn't true. My mother turned them by hand four times a day and sprinkle them with water. As I remember it we only had two that didn't hatch out of two dozen.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

That’s an excellent hatch rate!

[@iamsquirks]

So glad to have found you!! Great video, great information.

[@michaeleastham9495]

Thank you this mama Z on dad's profile. We just set eggs last night Jan 30 2023. So excited thank you

[@sunnyvsaavie9947]

Thank you for sharing.

[@CK-ld2qi]

Thank you for the honesty. I made my own incubator and just turned the eggs a few times a day. Just as the hen would if she went in there and shuffled them around. My 1st egg hatched 2 days ago the 2nd has pipped as of 4 hours ago and is chirping and pipping as i type. I take the eggs out, talk to them and hold them for a few and put them back. Ive kept the humidity at 35 to 37 % and they are doing great. I daye each egg and wait for its hatching date. The first chick is doing great, eating and drinking just fine and moves around what i called the "starter bin" just fine. It is a tote with food water and the warming light at one end so she may freely go where she feels comfortable. In doing this myself, i just wanted to replicate what works best as if the hen hatched them herself. So yes i appreciate your take on this and agree with all you have said 100%

[@mossyelkfarm]

Excellent video with a lot of great information! Thank you!

[@sunnyvsaavie9947]

Thank you!

[@warneachothereverydayheb.3406]

Verrrrrrrrrry helpful! Thank you!

[@__Negan__]

Well, I have a funny story, so I incubate eggs all the time. Now, I usually get a 70% hatch rate, and I do 55% humidity 37.5°C, then 75% humidity on day 18 (also stop turning on day 18) turn every 2 hours, but this month, even though it's going into winter here in Australia I would break most the rules (i did 2 batches)I have automatic turners so I just let them turn every 2 hours but besides that I incubated one batch at 35°C with 40% humidity then 60% humidity for last 3 days didn't stop turn until all the chicks hatched I got a 65% hatch rate So I broke a lot of rules and only lost a 5% hatch rate Now on the second batch I did 38.5°C and 75%humidity then raised it to 95% for the last 3 days, I let the eggs cool down for 5 minutes every day for the first 18 days, and turned till the first egg hatched I incubated 20 eggs.....annnnnnd 20 hatched non died, I was shocked I didn't know if it was luck or because the way I incubated them but I know what I'm doing from now on 100% hatch rate...wow

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

That’s awesome! You know what’s weirder is the way we’ve been doing it we almost always get mostly pullets. I think I’ve only ever hatched five cockerels out of hundreds of hatched. Isn’t that weird?? I need to figure out if temperature can determine the sex in chickens. It’s so strange to me! Right now we’ve got 80 chicks and all are pullets it’s crazy!

[@karenlesure1431]

Just found your video and found it very helpful...thank you

[@battlebornoutreachministri5073]

thank you.

[@kevinsloan3019]

Thanks for the comment about the olive eggers i thought i was going blind or something going on day 12 fingers crossed!! Also always wondered about adding eggs hatched on different days i dont have many hens and takes a few days for me to fill a large incubator thanks for the info!!!

[@brandymiller1111]

This was the video I needed! Thank you 🙏

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

So glad you found it helpful!

[@zeenascene6895]

hi! just curious what incubator you use? thanks, and thanks for this video, it has helped me on my hatching journey

[@lifestylehomestead]

Thank you so much for your attainable content. Too many put things into a very strict and narrow way of doing things and I've always been of the mind that there is grace in a folk method.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you! Sometimes things are not as difficult as they seem.

[@eileenstehr7680]

So much fun, listening to your explanation, and watching your video! Thankyou!

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you!!

[@debbannon354]

Thank you for this video!!! ❤

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you for watching Deb!

[@TigerLilyGzzTLRoars]

Great info. Very logical. Ty for sharing 😊

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you!

[@madiemic0506]

I’m currently hatching my first set of chicks. One hatched last night and was dry and fluffy. The others started hatching hours later and she began to get wet and seem off. Everyone kept saying I couldn’t open the incubator. I decided to open it and pluck her out quickly. I put her in my bra until I was sure she was completely dry and then in the brooder she went.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

As more chicks hatch the humidity goes up and they can get damp again but I always take mine out when they are fluffy. I too have warmed chicks in my bra. Mama knows best lol

[@Bobcagon]

Different perspective on incubation. Personally I think it’s great that you give a different opinion but not straying from what Mother Nature does.I imagine we have got this far from “scientists” evaluating the parameters to which a live hen infuses in order to get results. Hence the incubators. I get the part where the hen is off the nest for sometime. Heaven forbid if the ambient temperature for the day is 80 degrees in her absence. Or the humidity is nowhere near what the experts call for yet she does not fret the situation.

[@KristoferTravelsHomesteading]

Thank you. This eased my hover dad anxiety. 😊

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

😂

[@annebumilao9406]

heloe im a newbie for using incubator,is it okay if you put eggs on top of it?😃

[@duaneprater1865]

Best video I've seen. Way late but thanks.

[@rh5022]

I'm at 9000ft altitude Very hard to hatch in divide colorado Any tips for high altitudes I was told to dry hatch.

[@abigailmyers3731]

This is so encouraging! First time incubating and I was stressing this morning because my incubator was leaking this morning as I was trying to get organized for " lockdown ". I was thinking oh no I'm going to have to be opening it on lockdown and it's not going to work if I open it!! But this seems like it might be a lot less stressful. ❤️

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Yes it’s not as strict as you think. I open mine several times without any issues. Just don’t leave it open too long so your humidity stays up. Good luck!

[@BellaOde]

​@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage Do you raise the humidity at all the last 3 days (while having 4 days younger eggs)?

[@frustratedmajority851]

This is my first hatch ever and decided to go with Belgium Liege Fighters. Adding them to my barred rock flock as protectors and also to add some "fight" to their genetics. As free range chickens, they need to toughen up a bit

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Let us know how it works out! I’ve crossed Americaunas with Barred rocks and I loved that cross for free ranging!

[@christysmith5211]

A big thank you for this encouragement!! I have 12 fresh farmers market eggs in the incubator for my first go. I decided I o keep it simple and try a dry hatch till lock down. Especially since I’m in Hawaii and we are naturally at 50% humidity. I have quail eggs on their way for the other incubation. I’m going to try keeping it simple

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Good luck!!

[@christysmith5211]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage my first chick just hatched.. this is beautiful

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

@@christysmith5211 So exciting!

[@tawnikitari]

So you did dry until lockdown and everything turned out fine??

[@christysmith5211]

@@tawnikitari yes I have hatch about a 100 since then . Always dry hatch till lockdown. Has always worked better for me

[@lynndellcox7078]

Thank you for this video

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you for watching!

[@hamidseifi9540]

I like your common sense approach. I have been in dry heat of AZ, muggy humid Miami, very cold high altitude areas and I see hens with happy chicks. Yet to see a single hen with an egg roller under one wing and a digital thermometer under the other wing :) I am on my 3rd incubator trial and it has been stressful. I literally lose sleep during days 20-24. I am about to give up. I have tried everything I have learned from KZbin, wash the eggs in Hydrogen Peroxide, flash light test on day 7 and 14 and remove the infertile eggs, follow strict lock down rules, remove the egg roller, check the temp. & humidity 2-3 times/day, and I get 8-10 chicks out of 46-48 eggs. I do autopsy on the non-hatched eggs and almost everyone of them is a chick that looks full grown just didn't break out of the shell and they stink. I have had 2-3 chicks on each try that was stuck with the tip of the beak sticking out of the shell. I guess that means he got shrink wrapped?? Currently, I live in a dry but warm area. Today's temp range is 48-78 with 30% humidity. I am on day 25. From day 20-21, 10 happy healthy chicks. I waited as long as I could then based on some advise from 3 different KZbin experts (who made me believe that if I open the lid during lockdown, I get hit by lightning), I ran the hot water in the shower, had a spray bottle of warm water handy and gingerly walked the incubator to the bathroom, as quickly as I could, removed the 10 live chicks, did the water floating test, removed 4 non-floaters, sprayed the eggs with warm water, topped off the water at the bottom of the incubator and took the incubator back to the barn. NOTHING has happened since then. Today, I am about to go thru the grim task of autopsy again and load up the incubator for another attempt. Any advise? Should I stop washing the eggs in H2O2? I keep the incubator in the Styrofoam box that it came in and wrap it in a blanket even though our temp never drops below 45 and I am envious of all you guys hatching 90-100% of your eggs. I only have 8-9 hens that lay eggs so it takes me about 15 days to collect 48 eggs for the incubator and I keep the eggs in room temperature. Sorry for the looooong comment

[@melonieday7317]

I would never put hydrogen peroxide on eggs I planned to hatch. We only wipe with a damp rag if heavily soiled before placing in the incubator. I've never heard of doing that.

[@emilytomko8677]

Are you hatching chicken eggs? Putting water or hydrogen peroxide can take the bloom off, the protective barrier that keeps bacteria from getting in. I never wash eggs or spray them, with the exception of gooseggs at intervals during the last half of their gestation. If you do have any debris, a soft bristle brush applied gently can remove any feces or dirt. Best wishes!

[@user-oq4wd7xx1w]

Sounds like they don't have enough humidity when time to hatch u can start assisting some if they are having trouble after 12 to 15 hours. And also u are killing your eggs taking them bloom off with put water and all that peroxide on them. Some of these KZbin folks ain't been on a farm there whole life and bought a incubator that holds 7 eggs and now they are an expert lol. Don't over think it bud. 😊

[@snakehaven1]

finally somebody who gets it some people take hatching way to serious when its not so glad i saw this video its the first one i ever saw who understands the process

[@davefriz1302]

Humidity plays a huge roll as well cause if it gets too dry they get sticky

[@jstar1000]

can I add eggs they day they are laid?

[@LichtAnker.]

I'm doing this for the first time. I ordered 10 Serama eggs online. It turned out that all of them were fertilized and survived the transport perfectly. I really didn't expect life to develop in all 10 mini eggs, but they did. 🙂 Today is day 11, everything looks great. But in my incubator the temperature rises by one degree Celsius when I'm in the room. It's a big room, my living room, and yet I had to turn the temperature up a little in the evening and the next day, when I come back into the room and stay there, I have to turn the temperature down. Because my body is obviously heating up too much. This means that the temperature in my incubator simply cannot be consistently stable. Everything has turned out great, every egg is showing movement and I'm still very happy. 🙂 I think a anxious person tends to want to control and perfect everything. But nature teaches us to be relaxed and trust. With a positive attitude (love), everything works out much better than with fear. It's physics, the law of resonance. So just stay happy, believe and look forward to a good result and then it has to work out well. The law of resonance is real; it has been scientifically proven for many years with the placebo effect. We are all creators of our reality with our beliefs about how it is. It's also worth believing in what you're doing. 🙂💕 ☀️

[@loulou1248]

I’ve been hatching eggs since I was little and at first didn’t have a good hatch rate. As I grew older and got more experienced with hatching and owning birds I’ve learned from my hens and my previous hatchlings, I break all the rules now and have a great hatch rate 😂

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Isn’t that something! Sometimes you just gotta do things your way.

[@loulou1248]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage yup, I see videos on here and people will comment saying they can’t do this or that 😂

[@Mikaela777]

Great video! So many people make incubating chicks sound so stressful. Can I ask, do you wash your eggs or just pick dry poop off (if there is any)?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

I don’t wash them at all I just brush off any poop.

[@tmk7827]

thank you for the great info! what is your turner called? thank you again!

[@evawolfe6375]

Egg turnet

[@organixgirl]

One tip is whole candling use your video on your phone and look through there it helps see movement it helped with my maran egg it was so dark I was doing a Video while candling and I saw everything lol

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Great tip!!

[@protocolsavage8506]

I’ve never hatched chicks, just got a hen a rooster, two out of three eggs have hatched so far. We let the hen incubate them. She did it all herself no issues. I think the first egg was laid to early on in the season, but the other two were laid and then hatched back to back. All outside in New York

[@kerrydevries3503]

Thank you I enjoyed your video and extremely happy to see that you get a great hatch rate . I noticed that you don't seem to clean the eggs as they go into the incubator .I have always been worried that by not cleaning them that bacteria would breed up in such a warm and humid environment . By dry cleaning am I doing more harm than good ?.... Hi from Australia .

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

You can brush them off but the eggs will be protected even if there is a little dirt on them. Any poop you’ll want to clean off as much as you can without using water.

[@judy3460]

I really hope you’ll see this… my humidity is at 65-68%… is that too high? I just started and this is my first time

[@ajknaup3530]

Wow! Great video, thanks! I think I'll get an incubater tomorrow. What brand do you recommend? Also, I notice you've wire bottom on your chicken tractor; no issues with hurt feet? TYSM!

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Nope no hurt feet the grass usually comes up through the wire. I also use the rabbit cage wire so the holes are much bigger than the hardware cloth. It works great!

[@ajknaup3530]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage TYSM!

[@jiggingwithsean]

Awesome video. But people say you have to increase humidity on lockdown. How do you do that with different eggs with different due dates. I myself have a staggered hatch and I need to know

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

I don’t my incubator has the automatic function so the younger eggs just have a few days of higher humidity and they do just fine.

[@rhondajennings517]

We just incubated eggs for the first time. We put in 18 eggs. This is the 3rd day after lockdown and they’re still hatching - 14, so far!

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Awesome hatch rate so far! What breeds did you hatch?

[@Kandycares]

Have you ever seen a batch of eggs in a nest that were all pointy side down??? lol When a chicken goes off and fills a hidden nest, laying maybe 4 or 5 eggs a week, how long do the first eggs sit there waiting for there to be 12? Right! About 3 weeks!!! So much for eggs should be a week or less old to incubate. How about these people who won't help a kid out if it is shrink wrapped? They blame it on the kid. Say something must be wrong with it and let it die there. Try that line on a human mom who's baby is breech or cord wrapped around the neck. Baby's fault? Let it die? I think not! What farmer wouldn't help a calf or foal out when one leg is stuck up inside?

[@douglascolman4501]

Thanks for the great information. I have RIR chooks and one of the girls recently hatched 6/10. I'd like to try to incubate some as a hobby but your humidity is 30-60%. I'm on an island in the Philippines and the humidity is always above 70% tonight at 7.30 it's 73%. Last night at 11pm it was 82%. How will I overcome this?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

You’ll need an incubator with a fan and an electric moisture meter.

[@bobbybrown840]

💙

[@lynnclark4208]

In collecting your eggs 3-4 days, do you put them in the fridge or a basket in the kitchen?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

If I’m hatching them I keep them on the counter never refrigerate them. If I’m eating them I usually keep some in the fridge and some on the counter. They will last a lot longer in the fridge but they also last 4 weeks+ on the counter.

[@christiansaravia7865]

i feel like if they were really as fragile as people act like they are, they wouldn't survive without us, but they do as long as the hen is around, and hens aren't as temperamental as most people lol

[@billchambers2585]

Good information, Thank you! I am about to set my first batch of eggs for hatching and have been so worried about exact temperatures and humidity control based on what I have seen in other videos. You have put my mind at ease. My guess is you do not wash or sanitize your eggs before incubation? Thanks again, Bill C.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Thank you Bill. You are correct you do not want to wash or sanitize the eggs. Good luck!

[@petermccool9396]

Just watched a video and it was recommended to use mouth wash and clean the eggs! I figure, if hens don't brush their teeth or use ethyl alcohol on their claws, there must be a good reason.

[@steveandrews8301]

I have a manual incubator I plan on trying. Has there every been a study done on turning the eggs by hand versus not turning them at all and what the hatch rate difference is in the two methods? Thanks .

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

I’m not sure but you really have to turn them or they will indefinitely die or get stuck to the shell and eventually die. That’s one process you can’t skip. Mama hens turn their eggs often.

[@steveandrews8301]

I watched one KZbin video where he said he incubated 1200 eggs without turning them at all and still got 700 to hatch. That’s a 58% success hatch rate, which isn’t too shabby. I’ll pull up the video and share it here if you’d like me to.

[@bobfuhr4520]

I think the chicken turns the eggs to keep the temperature even as they would be cooler on the bottom in a natural nest.

[@kellyoconnor9773]

I incubate exactly the same and I always have very high hatch rates.

[@steveandrews8301]

What is considered a high hatch rate? And what is considered an acceptable hatch rate? Thanks.

[@deliaschickencoop]

Is the temperature true to what the incubator says?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Usually unless something is broken.

[@I_am_Katsu]

Thank you so much for this, I put some duck eggs in with my chicken eggs so my duck eggs hatch 7 days after my chicken eggs and I was worried that they wouldn't make it.. by the way, I can't seem to get my humidity down from 60%, is that a bad thing?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

60% is ideal and it should go up to 65-70% in the last few days.

[@I_am_Katsu]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage Thank you!

[@TucsonVet]

Just found you. I am let hen turkey hatch her eggs to see. I candles them 10 days ago and 5 are viable. We are in Tucson. Once they hatch out in the coop, how long after hatching do I leave with mom. I separated Tom cuz I was told they will kill the hatchling ...any suggestions

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

It’s really up to you, if you do not plan to let the Mom raise them you can separate them as soon as your brooder is ready.

[@footballphobic9437]

Doesn't that light affect them

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Not at all

[@saulmarques1934]

Humidity killed all my eggs in incubator. All chicks suffocated. Going to try again your way.

[@janetnash8588]

I thought I could leave the turner on too. I did that for a very long time. Then last week the most beautiful chick I have ever seen somehow got crushed by the turner.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Depends on the incubator this one doesn’t a place for them to get crushed thankfully.

[@DryRoastedNutz]

Was it me or did all but 1 of those eggs look dead?

[@moongypsyguerrero1925]

Interesting eyes that second chick from the left has,almost animated like

[@arturobelmonte6803]

Such a rebels !!! Hahhahahah trying to reinvent the wheel

[@akedobros7210]

I like your video

[@rhondajennings517]

When are eggs too old to incubate?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

For best results try to incubate within 7-12 days. Really after ten days the eggs lose about 1.5% of their viability each day. So if you’re trying to hatch eggs you’ve stored for longer you still have a good chance but they could fail also.

[@chrislecky710]

Clever girl, the hen knows better than we do, human ego hey! Kmt

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Sure does!

[@chrislecky710]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage People on youtube love to talk up a load of none sense, I got a 100% hatch rate from a 40 watt CFL light bulb inside a cardboard box.,, so stick your posh incubator all the way up your %$$. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✌✌✌✌✌✌😊😊.. lmfao...

[@skydyverjym]

If the egg is too dark to candle then just do the water check, easy

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

I never do that because I don’t want the bloom to wash off. The bloom is very important for keeping bacteria out.

[@eternal_nomad]

My eggs have been fully developing , but not hatching. (I crack them open after day 25 and there is a whole ass chicken in there.) This has extremely disappointed and saddened me! What can be causing this?

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Were the chicks alive? If the eggs were chilled before incubation the process can take a few days longer. Without seeing for myself it’s really hard to tell what went wrong.

[@eternal_nomad]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage no they were not alive, and the eggs sat on the counter before incubation around 76 degree room temperature.

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

@@eternal_nomad How long were they sitting on the counter? Is there any chance your incubator might have turned off at some point or was there possibly a day that got too cold?

[@eternal_nomad]

@@MilkAndHoneyAcreage less than a week, no the power to the incubator was steady throughout. I'm in a warm climate so I don't think it could have gotten cold at all ☹️

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

@@eternal_nomad Hmm well there are so many things that could have gone wrong if all of them failed something happened with the incubator. If it were just a few it could be a number of reasons.

[@wilkey40]

Yeah when you can incubate with no lockdown no counting days to hatch and at the driest humidity then you will have been breaking the rules

[@nowirehangers2815]

Youre just being silly

[@wilkey40]

@@nowirehangers2815 actually I am not I actually have incubators that dry the air and have hatches at humidity levels from 0-35%

[@nowirehangers2815]

@@wilkey40 where’s your upload

[@mikaylakingham911]

Oh no! I have heard about that u had to turn ur eggs just today and I only just started and it’s day 17

[@d.a.tsun5104]

Did they hatch okay? Last year, I incubated a single egg because the broody hen didn't follow through and quit on the eggs - luckily we only gave her 4 and 2 were duds. The 2 viable one became just 1 when she stomped at one of them breaking the shell and therefore killing the chick inside. I didn't have incubator so I used a bowl and 40w bulbs (replaced them 3x). The egg hatched on time and the little guy clung to me.

[@korzer]

Look at us we break all the rules arnt we cool, we do it our own WAYYYYYYY YEAAAAAA

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Well I don’t know about all that but it’s not rocket science.

[@JessieBurwell]

You really need to take your egg turner out when the babies are hatching. They can’t even stand. ??!!

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

I never take it out while they hatch but I do remove the chicks as soon as they’re dry as I stated. They do perfectly fine we have a very high survival rate and have hatched Hundreds of chicks over the years. They are able to stand just fine with the turner in believe or not.

[@esperago]

This video is all wrong. Prior to the last 40 years, no baby birds were ever hatched ever! Nevermind 200 years ago on a prairie homestead or in the backyards of Yemen or the humid Congo. Even mother birds themselves couldn't do it. They tried but it was just to hard to keep precise temperature and precise humidity 24/7 for a month straight. In fact, birds were all but gone from planet Earth when, thank goodness gracious, someone discovered the secret to hatching eggs. Single handedly, with laser precision and anally retentive compulsion, the exact rules and formula began to be applied. Fast forward a few decades and the birds are back, baby! And you too can attempt to cross the brutal gauntlet that is incubating an egg. But be warned, you better do it 100% perfect or all birds will die!!!

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♀️You’re my kind of people lol