I have somehow acquired a fertilized chicken egg . . .

Question

what can i do to hatch it into a chicken? Tips or links to websites would be much appreciated. I have no special supplies, just everything a normal household would have.

Answer 1

maybe a heating pad.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Normal household stuff......     a light bulb placed over the egg (small lamp) will do the trick - you just want to make sure you keep it warm (approximately 97-99 degrees) and moist.....     a heating pad placed in a shoe box under a towel will do the job also......    either way, just remember to spritz a little water on it daily or lay a moist paper towel over the egg....   you want to make sure that you turn the eggs several times a day until day 18 then quit turning them......      you want to make sure you candle your egg (see the website provided on candling) so that you can make sure you don't have a bad egg......    bad eggs will become very smelly very quickly......      so candle your egg at about 7 days after incubation, and then again about 14 days.....    this will ensure the embryo is developing properly......      Good Luck!!!

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Answer 4

you can get an incubator made of Styrofoam for about 20 dollars

Answer 5

You are gonna have to go to your local Feed Store and hope that they still are selling Incubators.

If you cant do that then you are gonna have to find a heat lamp.

And a good thermometer.

Ok.

If you dont have the incubator this is what you are going to have to do:

1. Get a nice Foam Cooler.

Put the egg at the botom of the cooler ontop of something like a small dish towel.

Put a small dish of water next to the egg.

Put the heat lamp about 6 in above the egg hanging down from the side of the cooler.

Take the real fertile egg out.

Put a regular store bought chicken egg where you are going to place the REAL egg.

Turn on the heat lamp.

And put the thermometer on top of the store egg.

and wait till the thermometer has the exact temp of the heat lamp on the egg.

Once you do that either increase the temp or decrease the temp to 99.5'F by moving the heat lamp closer to the egg or farther from the egg.

Once you have it perfect like that.

Put the real egg in.

Turn the egg every 8 hours. That means 3 times a day.

On the 18 day of incubation stop turning the egg.

and put an extra damp sponge in their with him.

It will hatch on the 21 day of incubation.

GOOD LUCK!

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