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We offer Custom hatching services to anyone who needs that service. If you are looking for a special breed of chicken and would like us to find the eggs for you and incubate them we can do that as well. If you pay for the eggs we charge $1 per live chick with a minimum of $5. Please make sure you understand the risks of egg hatching. Hatching local eggs is generally a lot better any eggs that travel through the mail system do tend to have a low hatch rate do to conditions that are out of your control my control and the sellers control I generally get about a 25-50% hatch rate while we get a 85 to 100% hatch rate out of local eggs. I do know a number of local breeders who have a variety of eggs so in some situations I can find birds you are looking for locally. We have two of the incubators that you see on the left that have a 624 egg capacity so to date we have not been completely filled up so if you have an emergency hatch (your favorite hen or rooster dies) we can help you out.
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All of the eggs are hatched according to their needs shipped eggs are set differently then local eggs .
But generally speaking they all start out in the large Redwood cabinet incubators at lock down time they are moved to Hovabators where the humidity is raised and the temperature is dropped a degree. After they have hatched and fluffed up a bit I then move them to what I call my newborn area which is set up wher I ca observe them closely and make sure that they are eating and drinking well befor they are moved to a brooder or sent home.
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All eggs are Candled the day they are set to (check for abnormal or detached air cells), and then again on day 20 to check for fertility and early death and then the day they are moved into lock down to make sure they are still viable.
Hatching Day is closely supervised! And can be live streamed for an extra fee.