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RAISING CHICKS
INCUBATION PERIOD AND HATCHING PERIOD PER SPECIES
Species Quail Chicken Duck Pheasant Turkey
Total incubation
period
17 21 28 23 28
Day egg turning
system stops
14
th
day 18
th
day 25
th
day 20
th
day 25
th
day
Species Pigeon Gold
pheasant
Silver
pheasant
Finch Lovebird
Total incubation
period
17 23 23 14 19
Day egg turning
system stops
14
th
day 20
th
day 20
th
day 11
th
day 16
th
day
ATTENTION: healthy animal common sense
A chick uses an “egg tooth” on its beak to break the egg shell and hatch. It puts it into the egg shell from the
inside and throws his little head backwards to break this way the shell more easily. The “egg tooth”just falls
from the beak of the chick after hatching..
WHEN IS AN EGG FERTIL IZED?
FERTILIZED OR NOT?
A fertilized egg is an egg laid by a hen that has paired by a rooster.
In case the egg has been laid by a “single” hen, the egg is not fertilized, it can be eaten and, if incubated, will not
generate any chick.
BUYING FERTILIZED EGGS
To get good incubation results, the bought eggs must be fresh. Best practice is to buy these eggs from a breeder.
It is preferable that the eggs are marked with the laying date so that you may choose eggs laid in the same week.
The older is the egg, the poorer the incubation results. It is advisable to buy eggs laid by a local hen, fertilized by
a rooster from the neighbourhood.