We will develop fully solar powered egg incubator and brooder for hatching eggs and brooding (provides heat and light to chicks for 15 to 28 days after hatching). Backyard poultry is a very effective and profitable livelihood activity, especially for tribal areas in India. Specialty poultry is a high margin business suitable for small scale business. For scaling up poultry as livelihood, chicks should be easily available A solar powered 100 egg incubator can be shared by 6 ? 10 farmers or owned individually Fully automated with very little human intervention Requires little time for monitoring.