Incubation of chicken eggs - practical advice of a specialist

Increasing importance today is the incubation of eggs. After all people involved in poultry, often notI want to wait for the poultry itself to "think" about the continuation of the family. Yes, and hatching eggs with a club often leads to a strong chicken weight loss. Moreover, she does not carry a brood during this period and during lessons. The losses are quite palpable!

In addition, the incubation of chicken eggs can bea rural resident with a decent business! If you increase the hatching of chickens to 85% (and this is real!), You can count: the cost of the egg is 5 rubles, the chicken is 30 rubles. Further calculations depend on the volume of the incubator.

Immediately it should be clarified that the view thatThe bird, hatched by the incubator, can not subsequently take out the chickens. This is far from true! From hatchery chickens, eggs for which are taken from village chickens, grow beautiful chicken-clubs. And this opinion was erroneous due to the fact that the poultry farms specially brought out such a breed of chickens that do not sit down on eggs - an industrial necessity. Here from such eggs or from eggs taken from such chickens, offspring are obtained "nonchalant". Although this is still far from a fact.

So, what devices are needed to dothis interesting case, called the "incubation of chicken eggs." Of course, in the first place - the incubator. You can buy it already ready, but you can do it yourself.

There are two versions of self-made incubators: from a wooden box (it is possible from an old chest of drawers) and from an old refrigerator. The main thing here is the thermal insulation, the heater and the thermostat. The last device is best to buy, although some craftsmen do them manually.

Incubation of chicken eggs occurs at a certaintemperature, which can range from 37.2 degrees to 38.7. If the temperature keeps constant at a low level, the term of the hatchlength is prolonged, and the chicks hatch weak. When the temperature is constantly high, the incubation period is significantly shortened, but there is a probability of the appearance of blind birds. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly shift the eggs, changing their places to "level" the heat they have received.

In a refrigerator or a box put electriclight bulbs, best by 25 watts, which are connected in series with the thermostat and connected to the network. If the volume of the incubator is large (refrigerator), then you can use two temperature regulators, since you will need to measure degrees in different places.

The optimal mode of incubation of chicken eggs is notis constant throughout the term. The first two or three days of eggs should "warm up", so you should raise the temperature to 39 - 29.5 degrees. In the second half of the incubation period, the embryos themselves begin to release heat, so they should be taken out to the open air from time to time so that the eggs "rest" and "breathe". After all, the chickens sometimes go "pores", leaving their unhatched children "unattended."

The second important factor, responsible for the fact,so that the incubation of chicken eggs was of high quality, is compliance with the moisture regime. In the factory incubators there are special water tablets, which, by their evaporation, supposedly maintain the desired humidity. However, practice proves that this is not enough.

Therefore, every day, additionally wet the surface of the eggs with water. You can simply dunk them in a basin of water, then put in place without wiping. And you can use a spray gun.

Also, do not forget that eggs needturn occasionally, at least once a day. But it is better, if the eggs will be located with a sharp end down at an angle of 45 degrees - this position is the most optimal, and the overturning here is required to a minimum, since the growth of the embryo to the shell or its wrong position will not be.

In the refrigerator, self-refittedunder an incubator, you can withdraw at a time to 300 chickens, laying eggs in several rows on one shelf. True, it will be necessary to frequently ventilate the "premise" inside the incubator, and also carefully observe that the upper eggs do not crush the newborn chick that will be in the lower row.

Therefore, it is recommended not to lay eggsat once, and in batches of 50 pieces with an interval of 3 days, putting a pencil on the shell mark with the date of the bookmark. When there are 5 days left until the hatch, the egg should be moved to the "freezer" - the temperature is lower and the chicken will not be injured: it will not fall down, it will not get stuck in the net, the door or between the eggs.