Hatchery Journal follows chickens, ducks, geese, quails, and turkeys from the minute eggs are set to an estimated finish you can read at a glance.
An iPhone app for incubation records.
On this page: the status card, species presets, a full set, history by day, and eggs set against the last period.
A sample card for one active batch. Other running batches roll into the same summary. When nothing is set, the card stays neutral and shows no countdown.
Log a set as it happens: batch name, egg count, species, and the exact start time.
Cycle length follows the bird, and the projected hatch stays marked as an estimate.
A single status card holds the active batch, the current day, and time remaining. History keeps every set under its calendar day. Analytics totals the eggs placed in the period you choose and lines them up against the period before.
The projected hatch stays marked as an estimate.
From the egg that was just set, to the count of the period you choose.
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See the active batch name, egg count, and species, plus the last set time, the estimated finish, and a bar for the current day of the cycle. Several batches roll up into one summary. If nothing is running, the card stays neutral, with no countdown.
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Chicken Eggs, Duck Eggs, and the rest of the flock sit as fixed cards: egg count, species, and cycle length in days. Tap one and the set is written at the current time, with the incubation window calculated on the spot.
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Name the batch, choose chicken, duck, goose, quail, or turkey, then enter egg count, planned days, temperature, humidity, an optional note, and a set time you can change. Save stays quiet until every required value is valid.
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Today, Yesterday, or a date such as 12 Jan 2026 heads each section. Cards list batch, set time, species, egg count, temperature, humidity, incubation window, and active or completed. Open any record to edit or delete it.
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Switch the last 7 days, 30 days, or this month. The lead figure is total eggs in registered batches, with the change versus the previous span. Smaller cards cover batch count, average eggs, gaps between sets, quiet days, and the largest batch. A daily chart plots eggs placed. Empty periods say so, without a zeroed graph.
Scope for the flock you keep, set beside the chicken window the app already marks as approximate.
5Species, each with its own cycle
21 daysChicken estimate, marked approximate
16kBatches kept on keepers' ledgers
4.8Average score from flock managers
Illustrative marketing figures; not App Store metrics.
Name the set, leave the finish as an estimate, and read the cycle from the card in front of you. History holds the calendar. The period you choose holds the count.
Write to Hatchery Journal support if a batch, a preset, or a total does not read the way you expected.