Chicken hatching eggs can be incubated in three steps. The first step is choosing the right eggs, which can be assured if they come from a healthy chicken that is fed well and has a high fertility rate.

The male and female chicken should be stress free and should not be disturbed while mating and should not be blood relatives. The Chicken hatching eggs should be properly developed and the shell should be strong and without damage and do not wipe or wash the egg or the natural protective coating will be wiped off.

The chosen Chicken hatching eggs should be kept in a cool humid place with 75 % humidity at 17 degrees centigrade. They should be stored with the broader end up and the eggs should be marked with an X and O on opposite ends so as to facilitate turning.

Chicken hatching eggs can be incubated using an incubator a setting hen. There are two types of incubators to choose from the forced air and still air incubators.

The forced air has a fan and is used to hatch large batches of Chicken hatching eggs; these required little or no attention. The still air incubators have no fan and hatch small batches which require more attention.

Chicken hatching eggs can be incubated by using setting hens these do not require much attention as they go about doing their work by instinct. They should eat well and stretch at an interval for their well-being.

The eggs should be turned 4-6 times daily till the 18th day as turning beyond this day might injure the chick inside. Chicken hatching eggs generally open by the 21st day of incubation if not discard them by the 24th day.