Show L SETTING UP AND OPERATING INCUBATOR all I 1 1 1 4 t 4 1 I y 0 name t car ti it 0 INCUBATOR CHICKS RUNNING OUT IN SPRING prepared ayt by the he r united it d states department t of A agriculture ea e 1 I february mar march ell and april are the b best e at months to hatch chickens do de P pending C somewhat hot UP upon the he hufled individual j S as well as the climatic cond conditions itina set t up the incubator according to if the manufacturers manufacturer s it directions I 1 and ad see that the machine 1 la perfectly level it if a spirit level Is not a available n long shallow pon pan of water set on top p alami ot of the incubator can be us used C it as as a level to a adist in setting up tile the machine be lure that all parts of the incubator are I 1 in their proper positions and that the I 1 tegu regulator lator works freely 1 do not of plane oft off the door of 0 the incubator if it aills until bill the machine blue has been bee heated up and ami th thoroughly dried run th the machine at about degrees decrees fahrenheit for a day before putting la in the ga ers it takes several hours houra for far the machine hire to cone come back to it its cor car ever temper temperature a lure iture after the ea aa are first best put in the therefore afore the regulator should not at be touched during that time fame see to tile regulation le of oe tile the temperature of the I 1 incubator before opening tile the door ot of the machine I 1 to at it tend to the eggs g g look t to 0 alio care are dul gaille of the incubator to r carefully and regularly y b but of do not chic change go ili the co regulator a any 3 more coure than is absolutely neca a sary when the bulb ot of the thermometer rests directly on the eggs tile the tern P pera com ture re Is usually city c held at to do degrees P ees fahrenheit tile first week mek I 1 02 to I 1 03 degrees degree fahrenheit ill the second week and ad degrees degree ruble fahren limit belt the third week while a hanging thermometer is operated at about to 1024 degrees degree fahrenheit ill the first two a weeks looks and ad 13 il degrees larce fahren fabre heit halt the last week at hatching time the machine W will ill frequently ru run up to or 1 degrees fahrenheit with out but any injury to the chickens 1 if the I 1 temperature ri laitur has is bee been right up to th the lunching hatching time it Is usually better not at to change chang I 1 the regulator at that time tho n pro provided aided vided the temperature does doea not run no hole above degrees fahrenheit anh while 11 G the eggs will mil hatch batch just as well wall if the temperature is run mn slightly higher thin noted above be a throughout th the hatch batch ill the ChiT chickens kE urd apt ape to be weak and all hard to raise la in a good hatch the eggs will start in I 1 to pip on go the evening of the onto I 1 day and ad roost most of th the chickens ehdy a will I 1 be out gut of 0 the shell on oil the morning of the twenty first day it if the hatch bate Is much earlier or later than this thia it I 1 in dicatos that the conditions during I 1 cincu bell be have not at bee been r right I 1 I 1 A h high adi ig temperature may hatch C e to too go quick ak ly old and produce a weak it hie chickens while little a continuous low temperature through out not tile the hatch batch will mill dl delay it for several hours use good oil cle clean and fill bit the tion lamp once daily trimming flug the wick h pathion thion off by scraping tile the chaired po portion oft with it a knife or square acda edged it nail or by cutting the wick with mill scissors C care of machine at hatching time after the eggs begin to hatch I 1 leave a the machine thin alone until the hatch is a well ell over are r do not at open the door to see how the eggs are ale hat hatching hire as it items allows the moisture to escape which I 1 tb S vb very essential at this time aseep t the I 1 inca bat bator r I 1 dark at hatching batching ture time by cover 1 ing 19 9 the glass 1 in to the d door IT a cloth or burlap seek sack BO 0 that tile the thick chicks mi will 11 not be attracted to the treat front of t the testa machine by the and ad be become rest less NN ft hen the chicks are all hatched botched comm amoe the egg tray rod and open the yen ven fila filatovs tors according to the manufacturers directions direct ioni and be keep 0 p I 1 the them 1 in the incubator r fr from 24 to B 80 G hours after the hatch Is over ole before removing them to the branders bro oders it if they are to be shipped a long diet distance anway y so BO that they will be on a the road ad t two wo or th three r e e d nays Ys it 1 la bell better r to ship the them as is so eoon 0 as the hatch is oer C and ad the chicks are thoma thoroughly gidy dry C hicks chicks which pip but are unable to get out it ot of the shell by thel their am own efforts rare 1 1 amount get to much ft helped out oct al 1 sh sif ti ough it if de desired when he most as t of the eggs ages ure are hatched and ill the chicks dried off so a that they 1 will ill not at be injured by opening the incubator door noy any which he have my may ne be helped out ire bv tacking the bell and placing ill bliem back on the egg I 1 tray by turn turning mg and ad cooling the eggs egg eggs 11 should oil I 1 it he be tare turned C it and cooled N according to the c directions tr actions furnished with mith the it incubator cubito the eggs egg are as jsn ally lly tinned for far the be first time fit at the end of the second day of incubation ann d IT twice do daily ly through the eighteenth ale enath suit and nineteenth be day or until the C chicks k calm commence ocul to pip dip after turn 1 ing the eggs egg re reverse arse the egg trays tray wit end for end old and from or one side aide of the he machine to the other in before keep the incubator door closed while to turning ing the egg eggs unless less the directions state that it should be left open the length of time to cool coal eggs dop depends laide upon ill the temperature of at the incubator room abood A good general rule is to leave the egg out but of the 1 in lobster until they feel slightly cool coal to tile the hand face or eyelid cool ome dully daily after or tile the seventh call and up to the nineteenth day place the trays of eggs on the top ot of the machine or on a in table I 1 1 in such ell it a position that they sc bie not net in ht le a draft and ad so sm that the troy does doeg not net protect project over the it its support thereby allah allowing g part 0 of thil the pg tb f eggs to cool much quicker k than tile rest t moisture Is used I 1 in hatel hutching flog 1 in the south in ID high but tudes audes and in places where the tor far is ia run in a adly diy too room aly oil 04 or are used to supply apply moisture in Incabo incubators such as sprinkling cpr inkling the legs ggs with mith warm warin witter water at about TOO degrees degree Fahien helt B or placing apan a pan a of f water t r a r receptacle e c stacle cotula containing mg moist let annd ng or a w wet e t sponge bew below the egg alif tray another C common 0 method t lind ot sup or plying filling mol moisture stUre 19 to sprinkle tarl or asu a ill the floor of the incubator or to place a pall pail of water under the lump lamp T the I 1 0 eggs are am tested with in the elarge large C end ad up 4 BO that the size sim of the air cell 11 may be see seen me as m well ell as the condition adul of the embryo the testing should d take place in it a dark ran room T the h e infer before f B tile egg when held before t the small hole with mith the lamp light lighted ad inside the box will mill look perfectly clear ear the same as a flesh one while oldie a fertile egg eg sill show a dark spot pot known as a the ilia tn bra brio with re a mass busel of little bood tits tris extending 1 in alt 11 directions if the em cal Is ill lining ing it if dead and ad the egg has ha bee been incubated for fill at least 4 46 6 hours hour the blood settles away from the em CUT toward the edges edge of the yolk forming isome in cases go an IT regular irregular CI clr cl cle of blood known BE as S blood ring rig eggs vary in this respect a some show lons ing only a st streak stal al ot of blood all 1 in fertile eggs should be to removed I 1 at the first test th the eggs containing at I 1 strong r agal filled thing embryos are dark aud and well filled up to tile font day bad and show a up to L clear a sharp distinct line of if tion dinst between eal the air cell ahli and tile grow graw log 19 embryo while dead ger germs show how boniv partial development and lack lila his clear distinct follow directions follow the manufacturers dirc durec eions a 1 in setting up and open opening ing so an ator see ilea eliat at 1 the incubator 1 ia running steadily at the desired temperature hot before filling with ill eggs do not at add fresh eggs to a 4 tray containing agg which aluch ale aie undergoing incubation turn taro the eggs twice tallest daily after the second and ad until fit the nineteenth th day cool the eggs once dulli daill aico iding to tile the weather meather from the seventh to tile the intact in adly diy the begs before caring for far the in lamps TOP a attend to machine carefully at he houis keep heep the lump lamp and wick clean test the eggs egg on go the im seventh verith and ad fourteenth days day I 1 do not net open tile lichine china off after the agh eighteenth I 1 belth day until ill the hick ciol ara m |