![]() We love it, but this is by no means your only incubator option. It holds up to 22 eggs! Its top features are heat and humidity consistency, egg turning, a countdown timer, and a candling feature (more about candling later). The Nurture Right 360 Incubator was the top incubator choice in all of these groups, and so, that is what we went with. I am proud to admit that I am now a part of several chicken groups on Facebook! Those are my go-to places for information on hatching chicks and raising chickens since these are the people who have already tried what I have not. You can always find people to buy the chicks once they have hatched… or you could just give them away! If not, this is still a fabulous learning activity for your school or homeschool. However, we learned a tremendous amount about the process and that’s what I’m going to share with you here! This an excellent time in life to have some chickens around, if it’s allowed where you live. Since this experience is all brand new to us I probably won’t answer all your questions. What an experience!! It was so exciting that we cleaned out our incubator and set another batch of eggs in the very next day. True to form, I consistently fail at pretty much everything I try the first go around! The second attempt, however, left us with FOUR brand new baby chicks. For the first time ever we got to experience hatching chicks right in our house! This post details our second attempt hacking chicks because nothing happened the first time around (they weren’t fertilized, see below). With this new lifestyle came new experiences for our family. Caring for the animals on our farm has been an incredible experience and a wonderful way to get our daily dose of nature. New circumstances offer new opportunities and this slowed down pace has allowed us to try some brand new things. We’ve had to find new ways to incorporate nature into our lives. Instead, we’ve found ourselves stuck at home. These past few months were originally slotted for a speaking tour around the United States and countless adventures along our travel route. Like many people, the plans for our winter and spring were significantly altered. We are on shelter-in-place orders for a few more weeks and have been for quite a while now. I am writing this post in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if chickens are not in your future, this is a great read – share it with the kids! One incredible way to teach your children about nature, caring from animals and life cycles is to hatch baby chicks! Today, we have Ginny Yurich, founder of the 1000 Hours Outside challenge, here to teach us about hatching chicks in an incubator with kids! The entire fascinating process takes just 21 days from egg to chick. ![]() These are a great complement to outdoor nature excursions and adventures. There are many ways to incorporate nature experiences into our homes and schooling. Bringing nature inside is an excellent way to engage children, learn new things and make family memories.
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