Some Incubator Dont's 27 



Animal heat begins to influence the incubator after the seventh day 

 and your temperature will begin to work up, so you must give the 

 regulator nut part of a turn every time the heat crawls up to 103 or 

 more. But here it will be necessary to use judgment, because if you 

 are operating in a cold room it will be better to run the machine at 

 103 and not air the eggs until later on; just turn them and put back 

 in the incubator. In warm weather and in a warm room give plenty 

 of air — the chicks need it. On the seventeenth day one or two 

 hours airing will go a long way towards helping them break the shell. 

 Put water in according to instructions with machine. Some in- 

 cubators require more moisture than others so follow directions given 

 with the machine you are operating. 



Some Don'ts About Incubating. — Don't ever try to hatch brown 

 and white eggs in one hatch; one or the other will not do so well. 



Don't fail to fill your lamp and trim the wick, and be sure to wait 

 around long enough to see that all is well; also don't fill the lamp too 

 full. Many an explosion and fire has been caused from an over filled 

 lamp. 



Don't fail to test out all eggs that are not fertile or likely to 

 hatch, because one bad egg contaminates others and poisons the 

 chicks that hatch. 



Don't open the door under any consideration after the eggs 

 begin to pip until the hatch is practically through; thdn if any 

 belated chicks need help give it quickly and close the doors. These 

 late chicks don't often amount to much, but sometimes they are worth 

 saving. 



When all are hatched that are going to hatch, clean out the 

 trays, open up the ventilators and give the chicks fresh air, but 

 beware of chilling. Yes, it can be done even in the incubator, but 

 when the chicks are quiet and restful you may know all is well with 

 them. 



Don't be in a hurry to set the incubator again, you will gain by 

 keeping the chicks in the incubator for at least twenty-four hours, 

 but forty-eight would be better. This rest in an even temperature 

 helps the chicks to digest the yelk of egg that is to give the first 

 nourishment and start in life, and if you once try this way you will 

 never want to hustle chicks out of the incubator in order to start it 

 up again. 



When you do take the chicks out of the incubator throw it wide 

 open, keep the heat going and get a fine spray (a small hand spray) 

 and put in it a solution of creolin and water; one teaspoonful creolin 

 to a pint of warm or rather hot water. Spray the inside of the 

 machine with this solution; wash out the nursery drawers and egg 

 trays with the same then shut doors and let it steam and dry. Wash 



