If you want to incubate, hatch, and brood chicks yourself, this is the guide you need. Poultry authority Gail Damerow explains exactly how to hatch healthy baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. She addresses everything from breed selection, incubator selection, the proper incubator setup, embryo development, and feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder. This is an indispensable reference for any poultry raiser, whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred.
To learn more about Gail Damerow, listen to our interview with her on the Official Meyer Hatchery Podcast, The Coop.