A simple checklist of the kit you need before you hatch eggs or bring birds home.
Affiliate disclosure: In future, some product links on these pages may be affiliate links (for example Omlet, via Awin). If you buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. There are no affiliate links on this page yet, and we only suggest kit we think is useful.
Whether you are hatching your first eggs or adding birds to your flock, these guides list the basic kit to sort out first.
- Hatching kit: incubator, candling torch, thermometer and hygrometer, brooder.
- Coop and run kit: housing, run, feeder, drinker, bedding.
You can also buy and sell used kit on The Eggschange: coops and housing and feeders and drinkers.
All hatching eggsChickenDuckQuailGooseTurkeyBreedersKit you needeBay ban: where to sell now