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THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER
[Thursday, February 20, 1913.
Poultry Department
Conducted by Uncle Joe.
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AN
INCUBATOR.
Why, yes, certainly. In operating
an incubator care is necessary and
close attention should be shown in
the preparation for use. Having lo
cated the incubator, level it with a
spirit level and see that all parts are
in satisfactory working order. Level
ing is very, very important, for if the
machine is not level, it* means that
one part of the eggs are higher, are
close to the top of the egg chamber
and, therefore, are getting more heat
than the others.
If the incubator has been used the
previous season, the lamp should be
thoroughly cleaned, the burner boiled
in soda water and a new wick put in
before the machine is started. In be
ginning the hatch use a medium
flame and adjust the thermostat to
that flame. If too small a flame is
used to start, at end of hatch in warm
weather the flame can not be turned
low enough to keep the temperature
from running up. If too high a
flame is used, the lamp will smoke.
The lamp should be cleaned and
eggs. If it is fllled before turning
oil from the lamp, will leave a coat
ing of oil on the eggs and cause se
vere injury to the growing embryos.
Trim the-wick with a match stick af
ter Ailing and then wipe away all
dirt and oil from all parts of lamp
before replacing in incubator. Do not
trim wick with scissors; simply rub
bing off the charred crust with a
burnt match gives a better flame.
Before and after every hatch the
incubator should be thoroughly wash
ed and the movable parts placed in
the sun to dry. Thoroughly cleanse
every part with soap, water and a
good brush or cloth—a tablespoonful
of baking soda in the water helps.
Just before putting in the eggs, use
some good disinfectant such as cre-
sol, a 5 per cent solution of carbolic,
or any of “eum” preparations. The
fumes of the disinfectant will not
only penetrate every crack and cran
ny of the machine in the hot interior
of the egg chamber, but will also dis
infect the exterior of the eggs and
kill any white diarrhoea bacteria or
mold spores that may be on the sur
face of the shells.
Start the incubator a few days be
fore putting in the eggs to warm
them up. After the machine is thor
oughly heated up, continue to adjust
the regulator until the temperature
remains steady at 102 degrees for
twenty-four hours, with center of
thermostat bulb on a level with the
top of eggs. When the operator is
sure that the regulation is correct the
eggs should be put in. It is usually
best to do this in the morning, so
that the eggs may become warmed
and the temperature return to 102
degrees before bed-time.
After the eggs are put in the tem
perature will drop and return very
slowly, but do not touch the regula
tor. The temperature will adjust it
self to 102 degrees again in a few
hours or as soon as the eggs become
heated.
After careful adjustment of the
regulator before putting in the eggs,
it is not necessary nor advisable to
touch it again until the second week,
when the temperature should be
raised to 102to 103 degrees. Do
whatever daily regulation is re
quired by raising or lowering the
flame. For the first week, the ther
mometer should stand at 102 degrees,
the second week 103 degrees; third
week, 103 degres, when the center of
thermometer bulb is on a level with
the tops of the eggs. Hanging ther
mometer, having the center of the
thermometer bulb above the tops
of the eggs need run higher, ac
cording to the height of bulb
above eggs, because the heat comes
into the egg chamber from the top
and the nearer the thermometer is
to the top of the egg chamber the
higher it will read, when a standing
thermometer on a level with the tops
of the eggs registers the correct tern
perature. While chicks are hatching
it can, and invariably does, run up to
104 degrees without doing any harm.
In order to be certain that the ther
mometer is correct, the operator
should test it himself with a clinical
thermometer. Place both thermom
eters in lukewarm water and, while
stirring, add hot water slowly until
the clinical thermometer registers
103 degrees and observe whether the
incubator thermometer gives a sim
ilar reading. If not, the operator
knows that at 103 degrees the incu
bator thermometer reads say 102
degrees and must allow for this er
ror in reading his incubator. Faulty
thermometers have caused more dam
age in the way of poor hatches than
is fully realized.
If you have no cellar, or suitable
out building, put the incubator in a
room where the temperature remains
fairly even at all times and where
there is plenty of ventilation with
out draught. The proper tempera
ture for an incubator room is 60 de
grees.
Some machines use moisture, some
do not, but all need moisture, ex
cept when the weather is very damp.
One of the best ways to supply this
moisture is to keep a bucket or pail
of water on the floor directly under
the lamp. The purpose of such mois
ture is not to supply it to the egg,
but to kepe the air entering the incu
bator moist enough not to take up
moisture from the eggs and thus rob
the embryo of the water it absolutely
needs in order to develop into a
strong, lusty chick.
QUIZZES.
Question; “I have a hen that
goes on the nest every day but
drops no egg. She was a con
stant layer up to a week ago.
Seems healthy and in good con
dition, What shall I do?”
Answer: I think she is egg-bound.
If too fat, stop feeding corn and let
her work for a living. I see no rea
son why she should go on the nest
every day unless she had eggs start
ed. You could oil well one small
finger and try to find out whether
there is an egg within reach. It is
hard for a beginner to get the egg
out without bursting the egg passage.
Better diet her and wait for time to
settle the matter for her.
Question: “What can I do for
my late fall hatched pullets that
are ill? They breathe as though
they had the gapes—mouth wide
open, grasp for breath, like roup
—and die in three or four days
after I notice them. I had in
my flock a year ago, but have
built a new house on high, dry
ground. These sick pullets have
no closed eye, or discharge from
nostrils. What is it and what
can I do?”
Answer: Pneumonia, with bron
chitis, due to breeding from diseased
fowls and sudden changes of temper
ature. Disease somewhat contagious.
Very little can be done in line of
treatment. Protect the other fowls
from the dangers of winter winds.
Cold air is all right for well birds,
but it ought to be dry and quiet.
Nothing equals tincture of aconite for
these sudden attacks of hard breath
ing. One drop at a dose, three or
four times a day, will help in mild
cases. This can be given bird by
bird, or put into the drinking water
of these birds that still get to the
drinking vessel.
Question: “Three of my hens
show the scale on shanks quite
badly and I want some remedy
to get rid of it. Also will you
suggest a tonic for these three
neglected birds?”
Answer: There is nothing better
for scally shanks than lard and kero
sene. One tablespoonful of kerosene
to five of lard is about a right mix
ture. Rub this into any place where
scale exists and repeat twice a week
until scale ceases to re-appear. ^
While I am never in favor of giv
ing well fowls a tonic, for ailing ones
I know of no better tonic for sluggish
birds than black pepper and ginger.
To every four quarts of dry feed add
half teaspoonful of salt, half tea
spoonful of ground black pepper, half
teaspoonful ground ginger. This can
be used in the mash, composed of
cornmeal, wheat bran and shorts, or
just the two first-named ingredients.
After all, the best food for health is a
well balanced ration, fed regularly.
Green food, exercise, and clean quar
ters will do much to improve mat
ters.
Question: “Please tell me
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