When I was 7 or 8, my father build me a incubator. He used a large round container that you see ice cream in, at the ice cream stores. Cut out windows and installed plexiglass. Added light, heater and thermostat.

I recall opening eggs every day or so from incubator and putting in baby food jars to show different stages of development for my science class.

And, one day five chicks hatched in my bedroom. It was great. We lived in the city, so he had already found a home for them a few weeks later....

As an extension educator, I would advise against trying to make your own incubator.

Too many fires are started that way.

Buy an incubator. Wait until spring to get your eggs so you know they will be fertile. Follow the directions on the incubator to the letter.

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