can you hatch a fertilized chhicken egg without a incubator but have something that would keep it very warm?

Question

i want to hatch a chicken egg but the thing is i got no incubator but i got something that would keep it warm 1 blankets 2 the sun and 3 a light

Answer 1

Sure, that will work. Just determine that the heat at the egg is right and steady. ~
Turn the egg regularly.

Answer 2

That would be very hard to do. A chicken egg needs a very precise temperature along with humidity to hatch.

That temperature range is only a few degrees (98F-100F).

Most books say 99-101F, but at 101F you risk very easily getting it too hot and basically cooking the egg. It's better to keep it a little on the low side (98-100F) than on the hot side (99-101F).

If you really want to raise them, I suggest you get a cheap incubator. You can find cheap styrafoam ones online ($30-$60). For the cheap ones you'll have to make sure you rotate the eggs by hand at least once to twice a day. The easiest way to do that is mark one side with an X with a magic marker. and use that to determine which side goes up. One time the X goes up, next time it goes down. The more expensive incubators have egg rotators in them. In the bottom of the incubator are rings that you are to fill full of water. Or you can put a bowl in the incubator and fill the bowl full of water. Just add water to the bowl when it starts getting low. Also don't keep the incubator lid off any longer than you have to when turning the eggs.

For candling the egg to see if it is good or bad, you can cut a hole about the size of a half dollar coin in the bottom of a Pringles can. Stick the open end of the can over a light bulb then hold the egg up to the hole in the bottom of the can to candle it. If the inside of the egg is bright yellow after a week or so then it was never fertilized. You can also see if the chick has died inside. After a while you should see the heart and the eyes.

Spend the money on a cheap incubator or let one of your hens hatch them. I don't recommend the other methods people are suggesting. They have a poor likelihood of working.

Also, pick a room where the temperature doesn't vary too much. You'll also probably need an incubator thermometer. Trying to use a regular thermometer can be a little too much of guess work.

Trying to keep that small temperature range consistently and keep the humidity is very hard without an incubator.

My dad has raised chickens for 4-H for my brother and I since I can rember. Now that my brother and I are older he raises them for other kids that want to show them in 4-H. I remember helping turn the eggs and candling them. About the only thing I cant remember is the number of days it takes them to hatch. I think it was something like 26-29 days..29 days sounds more like it.

Answer 3

You can, but keep in mind you also need humidity. The sun is NOT an option. It only lasts a short time each day, and the egg needs constant heat... and if you put an egg in a window, you'll bake the egg.

So, figure out where the light needs to be to keep the egg at 99.5 degrees. Position the light, keep a thermometer right where the egg will sit, and make sure there aren't any huge variations in temp through the day (by huge, I mean a couple degrees). Best bet is to set it up in a basement or closet where the temperature doesn't vary as much through the day.

Once you've got that, then your ready for the egg. But, the egg is going to need humidity, which means you need to place a damp paper towel near the egg, but not touching it, and keep the paper towel damp at all times. The higher the ambient humidity, the less frequently you'll need to wet the paper towel.

Remember to turn the egg three to five times a day.

Answer 4

Maybe a heating pad and a towel? Temperatures need to be very specific so the fetus does not deform. Incubators can be set at certain temps. A heating pad or a light bulb could fluctuate. Please read up on what you want to do before you do it for the sake of the chick.

Answer 5

Use a heating pad and a towel or two to wrap it up with, or you can even buy the heat bulb that they sell at pet stores for lizards and snakes and wrap it in a towel keep the heat bulb on it 24/7.

Answer 6

Hi. It would survive if you kept it under your arm. The sun is not good enough. A light MAY work but the blankets only hold in heat, not make it.

Answer 7

I don't think it'll hatch because it needs it's mothers scent to hatch.If you just put it in the incubator it's scent won't rub off.But if you handle it too much the scent will rub off.