Temperature
99 -102 Deg.
F
.Humidity 50%-65%
RH
Egg Turning at least 2x/day Air Flow air and gas exchange
SIGNS OF
BROODINESS
1. Clucking
2. Stays away
from the rest of the flock
3. Ruffled
feathers
4. Aggressive
and protective of nest
5. On the
nest at night
PROS
1. No
electricity
2. Hen does
all the work
3. Will brood
chicks after they hatch.
4. High
hatchability rate
5. Some
breeds hatch better under hens (Nankin) than in incubators.
6. Good for
hatching small # of chicks per year.
CONS
1. Hen
sometimes breaks eggs.
2. Will
occasionally quit and get off nest.
3. Hen
sitting is 1 less not laying in the flock.
4. Can only sit
on a small # of eggs at a time.
5. Disease
transmission from hen to chick
7. Most made of Styrofoam or plastic (home made
can be made of other material)
8. Screen
for eggs to lie on
9. Egg turning kits
are available for some models
10. Will hold a limited number of eggs
11. Operate
in a room temperature of 50-80 degrees (out of sunlight)
12. Incubate and hatch
on same wire floor
TYPES OF
STILL AIR INCUBATORS
1.GQF
2.Little
Giant
3.Brinsea4.
Home Made
PROS
1. Easy to use
2. Not very
expensive
3. Does not
take up much room
4. Good for
hatching small to medium # of chicks
5. Does not
use much electricity
CONS
1. Hatchability can be low
2.
Temperature and humidity can be hard to regulate
3. Some
models you have to turn eggs by hand
4. Hot and
cold spots in incubator
5. Can have
high number of deformities in chicks
6. Can be
hard to clean
7. Some models have hatching tray at bottom
8. Openings in back of incubatorfor humidity
9. Automatic egg turner (turns every 2 hours)
10. Large egg
capacity
11. Operate
in a room temperature of
50-80 degrees
12. Draft
free room with fresh air
PROS
1.
Hatchability usually very good
2. Most
Forced Air Styles will last for years
3. Incubators
can easily hatch several thousand chicks per year
4. Fairly
easy to clean
5. Almost a
turn key system
CONS
1. Can take
up a lot of room
2. Can be
expensive to buy
EGG
COLLECTION. Collect eggs every day.
2.Should use
a good nesting materiala) hay
b) wheat
straw
c) pine
shavings
3. Only set
good quality egg)
no cracked
egg,
really small
egg,
really big
eggs (double yolked ) abnormally shaped
eggse
extremely dirty eggs
f) thin
shelled eggs
SANITATION OF
EGGS
1.Warm water
and bleach
2.Warm water
and dish soap
3.Tek-Trol
disinfectant
4.Extremely
dirty eggs do not set
5.Pooled eggs
6. Custom
hatching
SETTING EGGS
1.Regulate incubator temperature and
humidity and let run for 2-3 days.
2. Set eggs
in trays little end down big end up (air
cell).
3. After eggs
are set, expect incubator temperature to drop, temperature will regulate.
4. Predation
in incubator
HATCHING
PROCESS
1. Three days before eggs are scheduled to hatch;
eggs should be placed on their side in
the hatching tray.
2. Raise
humidity to 60% or higher.
3. Lower
temperature to 98.5 deg. F. @ 1
degree.
4. After
chicks hatch leave in hatching tray for
24 hours to harden off.
BIO-SECURITY
1. Wear
certain clothes and boots only while tending your poultry or hatching
area.
2. Clean
boots and disinfect at the beginning and end of each visit to your poultry or
hatching area.
3. Store feed out of reach of rodents and wild
birds.
4. Regularly
clean and disinfect buildings, pens, equipment, incubators and hatching
area.
5. Use common
sense if you tend a poultry sale or auction.
6. Have a
quarantine area set up for new birds approximately for 30 days.
7. If you are
pooling eggs with other breeders be sure breeders birds are clean.
8. Limit traffic on your farm.
9. Not wise
to let people borrow your incubator.
10. Develop a
bio-security plan for your farm and hatching area.
11. Vaccinate
your breeding flock.
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