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Egg Incubation and Hatch Record
A free printable incubation log — your machine's settings in the header, candling results by day, and the hatch rate at the end.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Record one incubation properly so that a poor hatch can be diagnosed rather than shrugged at.
Who it is for
Anyone hatching eggs — backyard keepers, breeders, schools and smallholders.
How to use it
- Write your incubator's settings in the header before setting the eggs.
- Candle at the points your species needs and record what you saw.
- Remove clears and early deaths, and record them — they are the diagnosis.
- Work out the hatch rate from fertile eggs, not from eggs set.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One incubation from setting to hatch — candling results, hatch rate and what the failures were.
Your machine's settings, in the header. No incubation temperature, humidity or turning schedule is printed here. They differ by species and by machine, and your incubator's manual is the authority. Write your settings in the header so the results can be read against them.
Write-on lines: Species and breed · Incubator · Set on · Due · Temperature you set · Humidity you set · Turning · Lockdown on
Candling
Table, 5 rows: Date · Day · Eggs checked · Fertile · Clear · Early death · Removed · Notes
Hatch
Write-on lines: Eggs set · Fertile · Hatched · Hatch rate · Assisted · Losses
Ruled lines: What went wrong, what went right, and what to change
Questions
What temperature and humidity should I use?
The sheet prints none. They differ by species and, importantly, by machine — a still-air and a forced-air incubator are not run at the same temperature. Your incubator's manual is the authority, and the header exists to hold its figures.
Why record fertile eggs separately?
Because hatch rate from eggs set and hatch rate from fertile eggs are different numbers with different causes. A poor first figure with a good second one is a problem with the breeding birds, not the incubator.
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