These days, you don’t need to live on a farm to raise chickens. Backyard chickens have become pretty popular but caring for these quirky pets usually involves something of a learning curve — in ...

You’d think that hatching chicks from eggs would be easy – after all, birds do it. But it turns out to be a fussy business for humans, and what momma bird does naturally isn’t necessarily easy for us.

Shawn Kasoa, 23, from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology has invented an egg incubator that uses biogas as the source of energy. “This egg incubator is best-suited for farmers who ...

When most folks think of incubating chicken eggs, their minds turn to any manner of electromechanical devices that provide the right temperature and humidity. Incubator capacity and price vary widely, ...

In this video, we explore the process of hatching eggs using our new incubator. MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 Jakob Ahlbom - ...

What Needed to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator? It usually takes 21 days from when an egg is placed in the chicken incubator to when the chick hatches – although sometimes it can take a day or two ...

Poultry breeding company Aviagen and hatchery equipment manufacturer Petersime have developed a new incubator based on the Short Periods of Incubation During Egg Storage (SPIDES) principle. Initial ...

Technology invented at UC Davis and developed by Sensit Ventures Inc. could enable hatcheries for laying hens to sex eggs well before hatching by detecting volatile chemicals that cross the shell.

Sometime in 2017, Bernard Onyango, a poultry farmer, was shopping for a 512-egg capacity incubator for his farm. He visited several outlets in major towns and found the average price to be Shs5m, ...

Every step counts when it comes to producing ducklings, and egg collection is no exception. Much more than a simple ...