| Show BEST management OF AN INCUBATOR the incubator should be placed place d in ID 9 room to itself when possible A good cellar or basement Is the best place the machine should be set perfectly level then run for at least two days and bights nights before the eggs are re placed in it it Is a good plan to place a paper over the ess egg tray when testing out the machine when the incubator la Is empty the thermometer will read a little attic lower than it would tf if the ma a chins chine ivere were full for when the eggs become warmed led they raise the temper fidure anre slightly by using the paper over the tray a fairer test will be secured the temperature in the egg chamber should be brought up to do da arees and the regulator adjusted so eo that it will automatically control the file temperature and main tain fain it A sort of balance Is thus obtained between the adjustment of 0 the regulator and the lamp the damper should stand an eighth of an inch above the flue allow allowing lag the tempera turi ture in the room to vary somewhat without extra adjustment of the lamp do DC not attempt to refill the lamp while it Is attached or lighted fill the 68 lamp at about the same hours each morning leave about a quarter of no an inch in the lamp bowl not filled with oil trim the wick with a pair of shears cutting off the corners to prevent the flame spreading to sides of chimney and booting it see that the burner Is firmly clasped and the calm bey iset straight on the burner and into heater beater flue when the machine has been working properly for 21 24 hours fill the tray with eggs but never place eggs on top of 0 each lother other use eggs of uniform size good shell and not more than ten tem days old the fresher the better morning Is a good time to fill the tray and start the hatch batch so the machine may be watched it must be re td that it requires secra leeral hours fot the eggs to become warmer warmed and for the machine to regain the proper temperature visit the machine three times dally daily ind and oftener if convenient before retiring at night see that the lamp to la and the temperature Is right the eggs should be turned twice dally after the first 24 hours these turnings should be as nearly the same sam time apart as possible and should con dinue until the nineteenth day the testing should be done in a darkened room or after night as it a better view of the condition of the tae eggs can be obtained do not test the eggs in a cold room the eggs should be on the eighth day or if you are not experienced experience d in testing it Is better to wait until the tenth day by this time the development of the chick should be far enough advanced that the fertile eggs can be distinguished readily from the infertile ones an infertile egg will mill be perfectly clear and should be removed from the machino machine the fertile will show a formation a center with crooked threads and tills this will float as the egg eg Is turned test again on the fourteenth day sometimes the egg will show fer ferru tilt but the germ may die and can be dis dl covered on the second test if the black spot shows red lines coming to gether in a circle blood ring tug the germ Is dead all eggs showing this will not batch so should be removed 1 all the chicks should hatch batch within 24 hours if the machine has bees been running properly the latch hatch should bt b complete on the morning of the awen ty second itlay only weaklings wea vea klings hatch after that the hatch may be delayed by accident or by low temperature in such cases the hatch may be 24 to SO 80 hours late while delayed hatches are not total loss they seldom produce strong chicks the egg chamber should be diaan fectea thoroughly between hatches and a new wick for the lamp should be provided for each hatch batch T W noland director of the missouri state poultry experiment station mountain grove |
