Hatching your own chicks through the use of incubators is a sure way to grow your own poultry farming business much faster. You can also hatch chicks for resale to other chicken growers.
Hatching chicks is one business with the shortest payback period you can ever think of. Can you imagine in exactly three weeks from starting, you will be able to start selling chicks for a profit!
Be sure to check out the 5 reasons you should start an egg hatchery for more inspiration on this business.
Knowing where to start or what is required to start a hatchery may be challenging as information is not readily available. This section seeks to help new and existing players with information on running a profitable hatchery business.
Here is an outline of the series of articles and what will be covered. To read more, kindly click on each link:
- Introduction to incubation basics
- Breeding stock selection and management
- Egg handling – picking, grading, storage and transportation
- Choosing an incubator and its location
- Preparing incubator settings
- Setting (loading) eggs in the incubator (setter)
- Daily checklist for your incubator
- Moving eggs from setter to hatcher (Day 18)
- Moving eggs from hatcher to brooder
- Reasons why eggs may fail to hatch
- Hatchery record-keeping
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