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How to hatch chicks

Prepare a cardboard box or wooden box, the bottom and four walls of the box with paper, and then lay a layer of bedding up to half an inch thick, such as cotton, hay.

Place the eggs one layer at a time (not more than 3 layers), place a thermometer on top of the top layer of eggs, and cover the box tightly with a quilt. Control the temperature in the box at 38-39℃, and turn over the eggs every 6-8 hours to ensure that the eggs are evenly heated.

After 19 days of incubation, place the eggs with their heads facing upwards, surrounded by cotton pads, and cool the eggs every 3 hours for 1-2 minutes each time, and the chicks will be ready to come out of their shells in about 1-2 days.

Chick incubation is divided into natural incubation and artificial incubation. Chicken incubation period of about 21 days, 18 days to fall plate, 7 days to light the egg, generally to the room temperature effects, there may be early or delayed hatching.