IRMO, S.C. — Each year, kindergarten classes at Leaphart Elementary School learn the process of hatching chicks by doing it themselves. Mrs. O’Neil is one of the teachers who has been keeping chicken ...

Knowing when to help a chick hatch can be difficult. Should you assist a chick that is struggling to get out of the shell, or let nature take its course? Incubators are abuzz with activity as backyard ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...