Hatch at Home

"Hatch at Home’’ programs facilitate families to hatch chicken eggs in an incubator at home.

Embryology is the study of embryos and their development. Chesterfield 4-H coordinates the popular Embryology 4-H school enrichment program locally, teaching in the classrooms and distributing chicks to area farmers. With current at home learning environment we would like to offer this to families at home.

• The process will take 30 days from egg to chick
• You must supply all equipment Incubator, thermometer/hygrometer, heat lamp. (resources list will be provided)
• A list of resources to find fertilized eggs will be provided for you
• You will be supported by 4H technician Chris Allen. She can walk you through hands on experiments, how to graph and track development of the embryos.
• Once chicks have hatched you can begin your backyard flock or we will help re-home the chick to local farms.
• If you are interested please email allenchr@chesterfield.gov