The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-12
Incubator Pointers.

1. Matching chicks with an incuba
tor is a winter pursuit.
2. The hen seldom sits in winter
hence she and the incubator do no
conflict
3. Hens that lay in winter can moi
produce as fertile eggs at that time as
! in the spring, for the cold season pre-
vents exercise, the hens become fat
and the pullets are not as fully ma
tured, while the male, if he has q
frosted comb, suffers from the cold. OF
becomes too fat, and is unservicea BILE
4. Do not use extra large eggs, OF
size, and Of perfect shape.
5. Do not be afraid to watch your
incubator. 1t pays as well as to keep
awake at night to watch a hundred
chicks hatch out as it does to keep
awake to save a So calf from loss when
it is dropped, and the chicks are worth
more than a calf.
s. No incubator has brains. 1t will
regulate but can not think.
Z. When chicks die in the shell the
changes are that too much of a
draught CT air passed over them. When
the hen is Matching she will fight if
even a feather is lifted from her. She
will not allow the slightest change Of
temperature, and she will hatch as
well in a dry place as in a moist loca-
ton.
8. Dry, warm nests in winter, and
moist nests in summer. is an old pro-
verb, hence the moisture depends on
the season. Less is required in the in
cubator in the winter.
9. AS the chicks progress in the eggs
they give off heat, hence be careful of
the lamp, hot water, or whatever the
source of heat may be.
10. Too much moisture covers the
egg and excludes the air from the
chick within the egg.
II. No currents of air can pass
through an incubator without plenti-
full supply of moisture, but in the in
cubators that have no currents but lit
tie moisture is needed.
II Do not take out the chicks I'M
til you believe all are Matched. If you
take them out the heat will suddenly
drop, and you will let in the cold air
on the eggs. Never disturb the eggs
when chicks are Matching.
10. Test your incubator with mois-
ture. no moisture, plenty of air, and
air shut off, as each incubator may
differ from the other.
IA. Eggs will be aired sufficiently
when the eggs are turned. 1t is of no
to cool them.
Is. If the chicks do not hatch out by
the twenty-first day your heat is too
low
16. If the chicks begin to hatch on
the eighteenth day your heat was
rather high.
II. Do not put eggs in at different
periods during the hatch. and do not
hatch ducklings and chicks together
49, The same rule applies to the eggs
Of hens, ducks. turkeys and gllineas,
as regards heat and moisture.
10. Never sprinkle the eggs 1t
lowers the heat instantly, and some
times kills the chicks in the shells.
90. If the incubator shows moisture
IN the glass do not open the egg
drawer until it is dry. Cold air and
lampness kills the chicks, heat being
owered by rapid evaporation.
81 The reason that the hen that !
steals her nest matches so well is be- |
,ause you do not give her all sorts of
Eggs, such as large eggs, small eggs, +
Ind eggs from old hens and immature
outlets, such as you put in the incuba- /
or.
%. Send away the curious visitor
ust when your eggs are Matching.
%. Keep the incubator in place of
Moderate temperature. A window on /
me side will make that side cooler |
han the other.
"a Do not expect to hatch without |
york. The man who expects TO get I
hicks by trusting to the regulator to
Ieep the heat regulated does not de-
erve success. Work is required for
ther stock that need winter care, and
he artificial hen is no exception.
%. Begin with one incubator, and
earn, before you try more than one.
&c. No matter how much you read,
experience will be the best teacher.
q. Have your incubator warm be-
ore you put in the eggs.
IS. A child can not manage an in
ubator, all claims to the contrary not
Incubators are not TOYS.
10 not turn over mans work to a
oy.