Show SETTING UP AND OPERATING INCUBATOR Q aw 11 va P V mag mfg q N A 1 0 1 0 hii 1 zi 40 J A av V X 19 INCUBATOR CHICKS RUNNING OUT IN SPRING prepared by the united states state department of agriculture february march find april tire tile tho best beat months Mont lis to hatch chickens depending somewhat Bome what upon tile individual as well da is tile ho conditions set up the incubator according to tho the manufacturers directions and seo sea that the machine la Is perfectly level if 11 a spirit level Is not available a long shallow pun pan of 0 water set on oil top of tho the incubator con can bo be used as it level to assist in setting up the machine llo lie puro pure that nil all parts of tho the incubator tire anro in their proper positions and that the regulator works freely do not oft the door of tho the incubator it if ll it sticks until tho the machine lifts hia been heated up tip and thoroughly dried itu hull tile the machine tit nt about F for a lay day before putting in the tha eggs it takes several hours for tho the machine to conio come hack to its ita cor temperature after the eggs aro first put ln in therefore tho the should not bo be touched during that time see to tile tho fegula regulation tion of tile tho temperature 0 of tho the incubator before opening tho ilia door of the machine to attend to the eggs look to tho the care anre atthe of tho incubator carefully and regularly but do 00 not change tile tho regulator tiny any more than la Is absolutely neco sary bary when the lie bulb of tho the thermometer rests directly on tile tho eggs tile tem pern perr turo iture to ta usually hold held nt fit 1011 to degrees decrees fahrenheit the first week to degrees V the second secand week and degrees falgren belt the third week ti it hanging thermometer Is operated it at about to UP degrees fahrenheit tho the first two IMO weeks and degrees fahrenheit tile the last week at hutching tittle will frequently run up to lot or degrees degree fahrenheit alth without tiny any injury to tile tho chickens it if tile temperature lins has been right up tip to tho the hatching time it Is usually better riot not to change tho the regulator tit nt that time provided tho the temperature does riot not run above degrees fahrenheit while the eggs will hatch just ns its well if tile the temperature Is 18 run lun slightly higher than noted alove throughout the hatch tit alio a chic chickens keni tire apt to bo be weak tind nod hard to raise in a good bod hatch the ilia eggs will start to pip on oil tho the evening of tile nineteenth day and most of tile chickens will bo be out of tho the shell shelf on the morning of the twenty first day if tho the hatch Is I 1 enuch earlier or later than tills ahls it indicates 11 that the conditions during incubation havo not been right A high beall temperature may inny hatch eggs too quietly quickly and produce prot luco weak chickens chicken while a continuous low temperature throughout tho ilia hatch will delay it for several hours use good oil clean find and flit tile lamp once dally daily trimming the ilia wick by scraping tho ilia charred portion oft with ft a knife or square edged nail or by cutting the wick with be scissors care of machine at hatching time aft after er tile tho eggs begin to hatch leave ilia machine alone until tho file Is it well over do not open the door to see aco how the eggs are hatching as it allows the moisture to escape which Is ver essential at tills his time neep keep tile file brator dark nt at hatching time by covering the gloss glass in the door with a cloth or burlap sack back so BO that tho the chicks will not be attracted to the front of the file machine by the light and become restless when the chicks are nil all hatched remove tho the egg tray and open the ven tila tors according to the ers era directions and keep them in tho the incubator from 24 to 30 hours houra after the hatch ta is over before removing them to the ho brooders broaders bro oders it if they are arc to be shipped a long distance away BO 80 that hat they will be on tho the road two or three days it Is better to ship them nil soon as aa the tha hatch Is over and the chicks are thoroughly try dry chicks which pip but jore arc unable to get out of the shellby by their own efforts rarely amount to much it if helped out although it de desired gired when most ot of tile the eggs nie ni arc e hatched and tho the chicks dried off so PO that they will vill not be injured fly by oliv opening ning the incubator door any which have pippin may be helped out by cracking the ilia shell and placing them back tin n the egg tray Turn turning irig and cooling the eggs eggs should be turned wid cooled according to the lie directions furnished with the th c incubator tile eggs tire usually turned for the first time of at the alie end cud of the second lay day of incubation and twice dally daily through the eighteenth ard and nineteenth lay day or until the chicks commence to pip after turning the eggs reverse tho the egg trays traya end fd ferend rend end and from one side of tho the to the ilia other la in two 00 tray cincu tile the incubator door I 1 while turning the eggs unless tile the directions santo banto that it should 1 be left open tile the length of tittle tb cool gj depends upon the temperature of 0 tile incubator room A good gen trill rule lule Is to leave tile the eggs out of tile tho incubator until they feel slightly cool to 0 o the hand face or eyelid cool dally lifter the seventh and up to ilia nineteenth tiny day noce tho ilia trays of eggs on tile op of the nin chine or on oil it table III such eccli it position pol llon that lint they tiro tire not itoe iti III A draft and so ao that tho ilia troy rny does riot not project over tile edge cago 0 of its ltv support hV liport thereby part ot of lio ilia e agh to cool much quicker than ilia rest moisture Is used extensively avdy lit in hutching hatching lit in tile tho south lit in high albl audes tudes wid in places acro where the tor Is rin I 1 lit in it 11 dry room meth odit tire airo used ro supply moisture in fix incubators such buch us na sprinkling the eggs with warin minn writer nt fit about degrees fahrenheit or placing it pan of f water it receptacle aclo contal containing ning moist solid or a wet vet sponge below tile egg arpy another common method of supplying moisture Is to Iq or sonk ile ho floor of tho the incubator or to place it pull pall of oc water under the laina the eggs pre re tested with ilia lio large end up tit so BO that the size of tile alio air cell way inny bo be seen na its well ns as the condition coridi tiOn ot of tile tho embryo tile testing should take place in a dark room tile tho infer tile 1110 egg when held tile 1110 with llin ilia lamp lighted libido in aldo ilia box will look perfectly clear tile alio same as 11 fresh one while if fertile egg will vill it dark spot pilot known us its tato cm with it of little roll alm extending in all directions it ilia vin em Is ID living 1 it dand tind find tho WK lini ling been incubated for or tit nt least 40 bours tile blood fettles away from roni the embryo toward inward uio tile edges ot of tile w yolk forming in ironle cases nu Irre gulliv or clr cle of blood known us a blood ring aggs vary in it tills respect some showing allowing only it streak of at blood all infertile eggs should bo be removed loved re tit nt tile first test the eggs containing strong living embryos tire dark and well filled up tip to the ali fourteenth tiny day find show elbow it clear short sharp distinct title of demarcation between uio the air cell antl tile growing embryo while lead gernis germs show only development und tuck lack this clear cleair distinct outline follow directions follow the manufacturers diorec eions tit in setting up tit und and opening till nn r see thill ilia alio incubator Is 18 running steadily tit it tile desired temperature before filling wit heggs do riot not odd add fresh ar esix eggs to a tray containing eggs which tire aro undergoing tile eggs twice dully daily utter after tile alio second und and until tile tho day cool the eggs dally according to ilia weather front tile seventh to tile nineteenth day turn ilia eggs before choro caring for ilia i attend to thil machine cit carefully re fully at regular hours keep the lio lailla find wick ivick clean test the eggs on the seventh find fourteenth days do not open ilia machine after tile eighteenth day until tho the chickens uru tire hatched |