The rental kit costs $200 and includes fertilized eggs a digital incubator an egg candle to see the developing chick inside the shell an easy-clean brooder box with bedding to house the baby chicks a heating plate to keep them warm a waterer, feeder, and food and a hatching guide.
“The incubator is automatic you just turn it on.” Fertilized eggs and detailed instructions. It’s also a good summer activity for farm-curious kids. With many parents schooling their children during the pandemic, the Hatching at Home program proved to work well in the home setting, too. Fertilized quail eggs inside the incubator. A dozen Japanese quail eggs or seven chicken eggs fit into the domed incubator, which is about the size of an inverted salad bowl. “This little guy is only four days old and already has its first wing feathers.”ĭesigned originally for the classroom, the four-week program allows participants to incubate eggs and watch them hatch. “The quail grow so fast!” Easton says, while holding a chick.
Easton’s itty-bitty quail eggs are a beautiful turquoise blue, but Miller also offers colorful eggs from nine different specialty chicken breeds. The duo’s new Hatching at Home program is a fun and innovative way for people of all ages to play mother hen.īoth women have backgrounds in early childhood education and know how egg incubation - and baby chicks - fascinate children. Quail breeder Linda Easton of GullyRumpus Farm in North Highlands and her partner, chicken expert Wendee Miller of Featherbaby Farm in Shingle Springs, have hatched a great idea for an interesting, educational activity for families. Photos by Anastasia Murphy Setting up the hatching kit is fun, especially for kids.
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