How to Run an Incubator.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 4

How to Run an Incubator.

Am.R putting the eggs in the machhi' 1 . do not turn them or col them for three days On the thud day take the eggs out gently, do not jar them any moie than you can possibly help Xow is the critical time, as Ufe has started. To sprinkle them, take a clean cloth, dip it in lukcwaim watei, squeeze it out, and chaw it gently over the eg<^. Turn them <</,</ gently and sp! inkle the other r-ide the fanv. If when putting them back you find that the back paib of your ecrg-chambcr is hotter than the front, reverse your tiay night and morning, that is turn your tiay end for od. .See that the water in the moi^tuie pan^is uarin. Two minutes is builkient time 10 lend the eggs in the morning ; do n>t touch theiii all 0 n/. At night spiinUle t.lie s.imo as beloie, bat leive them out a few minutes to cool. While they aie cooling at'end to your lamp. The wick dots not need trimming every night ; rub oil the burnt w ick with a stick or a knife. Your wi r k will la=t three time^ as long by doing 1 thR Keep the burner clean ;an incubator lamp is so neir ihe ilo< r th .t it catcher a gteat deal of du-*t. A hen after >->otfi»g a v.cck <>v ten-days loses much of her natuial heat, iiom cause not nccessaiy to mention here, but at thermic time, changes are taking j)lace in the egg Circulation of the blood has commenced, so theieis generated in the egg a vital heat that balance-? the lcr=s of temperature sustained by the hen. So taking thi3 as a guide we /;{('-(" reduce the temperature of the egerchambei asthe heat in the egg increases. To do this turn withe t'uimb-screw a littleevery day. After the hrst week leave the ppiinkling cloth quite Met, and the thiul week lea c it <!ri]>/j'iiy wet. The nearer the time for hatching the moie moisture the ogg-* need. On the last two days keep the wattr in the moisture pans quite warm. Whin the chicks begin to pick the i-hcll, keep the machine closed, and do not distmb them at this time. Neaily every one want.? to pull out the drawer and watch the little follow. 5 : work ouf, but don't do it, or you will chill them so that they will never get out. It you find at any time that the heat has run up to ilOdc gvces or so, take the dia.ver out and give the eggs a good — C. C. Ci'Xijinc, PovJ'ry BvlU 'lit.