Chapter 2 During incubation
1. Put in the eggs
After the machine test well, put the prepared eggs into the incubator in an orderly manner and close the door.
2. What to do during incubation?
After starting incubation, the temperature and humidity of the incubator should be observed frequently, and the water supply should be added every day to prevent the machine from being short of water. After a long time, you will know how much water to add at what time of day. You can also add water to the machine through an external automatic water supply device inside the machine. (Maintain the height of the water to submerge the water level test device).
3. Time required for incubation
The temperature of all eggs in the early stage of incubation must be well controlled. Different types of eggs and different incubation periods have different temperature requirements. Especially when the temperature difference between inside and outside is large, do not take them out to light eggs. Not to open the door unless there are special circumstances. The temperature imbalance in the early stage is very serious. It is easy to cause the chick to have slow yolk absorption and increase the chance of deformity.
4. Light the eggs around the seventh day
On the seventh day of incubation, the darker the environment, the better; the fertilized eggs that can see clear bloodshots are developing, while the eggs that are not fertilized are transparent. When checking out infertile eggs and dead sperm eggs, take them out, otherwise these eggs will deteriorate under the action of high temperature and affect the development of other eggs. If you encounter a hatching egg that is temporarily indistinguishable, you can mark it. After a few days, you can take a separate egg lighting. If there is no change, it will be eliminated directly. When the hatching reaches 11-12 days, the second egg lighting is carried out. The purpose of this egg lighting is still to check the development of the eggs and detect the stopped eggs in time.
5. The test is coming – over-temperature
When hatching for more than 10 days, the eggs will generate heat due to their own development. A large number of hatching eggs will cause the temperature to rise by 1-2 degrees. If the high temperature continues at this time, the eggs will die. Pay attention to the over-temperature problem of the machine. When the machine is over-temperature, it will enter the intelligent cooling egg mode to dissipate heat inside the incubator.
6. Water spray and cold eggs
From 10 days, according to the different egg cold time, the machine automatic egg cold mode is used to cold the incubation eggs every day. At this stage, the door of the machine needs to be opened to spray water to assist in cold the eggs. The eggs should be sprayed with warm water at about 40°C at 2-6 times a day, and the humidity should be increased according to the humidification spray. The process of spraying the eggs with water is also the process of cold the eggs. The ambient temperature is above 20 ℃, and the eggs are cold 1-2 times a day for about 5-10 minutes each time.
7. This operation can not be forgotten
When the last 3-4 days of incubation, to stop the machine turning the eggs, take out the roller egg tray, put it into the hatching frame, and place the eggs evenly on the hatching frame for shelling.
- Peak the shell
Incubation all kinds of birds and hatching is the most critical, there are self hatching and artificially assisted hatching.
For example, it takes time for the ducklings to peck the shells until they emerge. Therefore, if you find that there are cracks in the shells but no shells are released, do not rush to help the ducklings to release the shells manually. You must wait patiently and keep spraying water away from the pecking position. After pecking the shell, some ducklings will successfully complete a set of actions of pecking, kicking, and shelling. But in many cases, they just pecked a crack in the eggshell and stopped moving because they were recovering their energy. Generally, this process ranges from 1-12 hours, sometimes as long as 24 hours. Some ducklings pecked a large hole but could not come out. It is very likely that the humidity was low, and the feathers and eggshells stuck together and could not break free. If you want to help them out. Do not try to pull the ducklings out by breaking the eggshell directly with your hands. If the yolk of the ducklings has not been absorbed, doing that will directly pull out the internal organs of the ducklings. The correct way is to use tweezers or toothpicks to help the ducklings expand the hole little by little along the crack, and the bleeding should stop immediately before putting it back into the incubator. It is the best operation to let the ducklings leak out of their heads to ensure breathing, then slowly peel the shells down, and finally let the ducklings complete the opening of the eggshells by themselves. (The same goes for other birds that come out of their shells)
Chapter 3 Brooding Stage
1. Take out the poultry
When the poultry come out of the shell, be sure to wait for the feathers to dry in the incubator before taking out the incubator. If the ambient temperature difference is large, it is not recommended to take out the poultry. Or you can use a tungsten filament light bulb and a carton to make a simple brooding box with a temperature of about 30°C-35°C (the brooding temperature can be adjusted appropriately according to the condition of the poultry), and there must be enough space for the babies below so that they can Find the right temperature.
2. Feeding the poultry
After 24 hours of hatching, the poultry are fed with water and then fed with warm water. After 24 hours, stir the soaked millet and cooked egg yolk to feed the first meal, and do not need to add egg yolk later. Millet soaked in warm water is enough (do not feed too much in the first 5 days).
3. Dewarming
To de-warm the poultry, the brooding box or incubator can slowly lower the temperature from the second day of raising the poultry, dropping 0.5°C every day until it is consistent with the outside environment. For example, the temperature needs to be lowered more slowly in winter. How to master the best brooding temperature? Observing the state of the babies, whether they are eating, sleeping, or hanging out, indicates that the temperature is suitable.
4. Launching of waterfowl (such as ducks and geese)
It is recommended that the ducklings be put into the water after at least 15 days of feeding.and recommended that the first time to enter the water should not exceed 20 minutes, and then gradually increase the launching time.
