I have some chicken eggs a few days old. how do i hatch them WITHOUT AND INCUBATOR?

Question

I have some chicken eggs a few days old. how do i hatch them WITHOUT AND INCUBATOR?

Answer 1

You can't. They are more than likely already dead.

Answer 2

Not sure--but I think it is too late.  They need to be kept warm from the time they leave the chicken.  I don't know what temperature the incubator is set at--but maybe a heating pad???  that might be too hot though???  Wrap something around the eggs--then use a heating pad???

Answer 3

You can try.  They must be fertile eggs and not refrigerated.  Here are some links that will help you understand the requirements for a proper incubator and sites that tell you how to make some.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gA6MXRW-...

check this out

http://members.aol.com/CGFARMS/buildincu...

building your own incubator

Four factors are of major importance in incubating eggs artificially: temperature, humidity, ventilation and turning. Of these factors, temperature is the most critical. However, humidity tends to be overlooked and causes many hatching problems. Extensive research has shown that the optimum incubator temperature is 100°F when relative humidity is 60 percent. Concentrations of oxygen should be above 20 percent, carbon dioxide should be below 0.5 percent, and air movement past the egg should be 12 cubic feet per minute.

There are two types of incubators commonly used:

Forced-air incubators which have a built in fan to circulate the air.

Still-air incubators which have no fans, so the air is allowed to stratify.

The forced-air incubator should be set at 99-99.5°F and 60-65% relative humidity (83-88°F wet bulb). The advantage of the forced-air incubator is that it is easier to maintain humidity at a constant level because of air circulation.

Still air incubators are smaller and air flow is harder to manage. Set still-air incubators at 100 to 101°F at egg height. This is important since the air stratifies in these incubators. There can be as much as a 5° difference in temperature from the top to the bottom of some of the still-air incubators. Humidity should be 60-65% (80-90° wet bulb) during incubation and 70-75% (92-97° wet bulb) at hatching time. It is very easy to overheat the eggs in still-air incubators and difficult to maintain proper humidity.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/facts...

Answer 4

well i dont have a good way to hatch them but the idea that they wont hatch because there a couple of days old if false. A hen does not start sitting on her nest right after the first egg is laid she waits until she is done laying (4-15) eggs before she starts sitting therefore at an egg a day the eggs will sit 4-15 days before incubation starts. just dont let them get to cold or hot before you start to incutbate them (room temperature is best)

Answer 5

Find a warm light, heat lamp for lizards or something would probably work fine. Just keep them warm, don't cook them though..

Answer 6

You cant. Sorry. I used to have laying chickens when I was younger. The mother sometimes chose to sit on the eggs so they would hatch, but most of the time she didn't and we would eat them. You would have to use an incubator if the mother hen did not want to take care of it her self, and a few days is too long, so I am certain that it is no longer possible to hatch these eggs.  

Answer 7

sit on them for an extended period of time.

haha OR, you could keep them under some sort of hot light. i have heat-lamps for keeping food warm in my kitchen. if you have something like that, it should be fine. otherwise, find the hottest light in your house and put the eggs near the lights until they feel comfortably warm.