Incubator with automatics do-it-yourself: photo and SCHEME
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AUTOMATIC INCUBATOR OWN HANDS - MASTER CLASS
FOR A LONG TIME BREEDING OF DOMESTIC BIRDS. DURING THIS TIME, I CONFIRMED THAT THE ONE INITIATED CHICKENS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO OUTTO, AND THE INCUBATOR IS NEEDED.
BUYING THIS DEVICE DOES NOT ALLOW FINANCE, THEN I HAVE MAKED IT FROM WHAT WAS AT HAND.
CASE OF INCUBATOR OWN HANDS
On a circular saw from a laminated chipboard, sawed out according to a drawing (see fig. On page 18) box blanks.
In the obtained parts, drilled holes d mm 4 for screws. I assembled the case and set the cover on two furniture hinges.
Drilled a row of ventilation holes d 5 mm from above in the walls of the box.
EGG TRAY
Drilled holes d 10 mm in the aluminum sheet to circulate heated air. On the finished base secured the sidewall of the laminate.
I cut the grooves in the slats to the middle with a pitch of 50 mm, tucked a grid of garden twine into them so that we got egg cells. The twine in the slots was glued with Titan. The compartments were 50 × 50 mm in size, the size of large duck eggs. In order not to make many different trays, I fix the chicken eggs in some places with foam inserts (photo 1)
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Note
For quail eggs, it is necessary to make a tray with a cell size of 30 × 30 mm.
For greater performance in the incubator provided for a two-level installation of trays. To do this, on the short sides of the finished tray, together with the brackets-clamps on the supports, fixed the wedge mount (photo 2)
DEVICE FOR TILTING
To install the tray in the container, on the sides, at one level, secure the latches - on one side, the pin, and on the other, the rotary flag (photo 3)
To bring the flag into action on the side of the outside secured gear, which is connected to a timer (photo 4) Control unit
To activate the timer and regulate the temperature in the incubator, a control unit (CU) is needed (photo 5). He collected the scheme 1.
HEATER AND FAN OWN HANDS
At the output of the power switches according to the 2 scheme, two incandescent lamps were connected and, parallel to them, a fan, which starts rotating the control unit together with switching on the lamps.
Nearby I installed a container with water to maintain the necessary humidity (photo 6)
Inside the incubator placed a temperature sensor, which is also connected to the circuit.
Guided by the 3 scheme. I set the required temperature and frequency of the tray rotation and start the system.
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THE INCUBATOR OWN HANDS - PHOTO
AUTOMATIC INCUBATOR - AUTOMATIC DIAGRAM
Hatching Chickens In Winter Or At The Beginning Of Spring - Bruder + Incubator
Breeding chickens in winter or early spring has a number of significant advantages over later (late spring or summer).
Firstly, the young of winter or early spring brood will rush at the moment when red-hen chickens slow down the rate of oviposition due to molting. Secondly, the earlier the young are bred, the more resistant it is to autumn cold weather. And by this period, the whole bird (both young and old) can be kept in one herd. And thirdly, in winter and at the very beginning of spring there is more opportunity to engage in breeding and caring for chickens than in the second half of spring and summer, when a lot of time and energy is devoted to the garden.
Let's see if it is so difficult to breed chickens in winter.
PREPARATION OF THE PARENT STOCK
As a theater begins with a hanger, so does incubation begin with the preparation of the parent herd. In advance, you need to check the health of the bird, cure or remove sick individuals and stop giving any medications containing antibiotics, etc. The bird selected for selection is planted in separate cages. It is advisable to do this at least 1,5-2 months before the start of the collection of the hatching egg.
You should also pay attention to the diet, the composition of the feed and its volumes. A fattened bird will mate worse and rush less often, while a hungry bird will not put all the necessary nutrients into eggs. Remember about calcium: do not forget to put chickens in separate feeders with ground shell or chopped shells. Do not add calcium top dressing to common feeders, as roosters do not need them. But roosters will benefit from vitamin C during the breeding season. Feed them with onions, garlic, put containers with a rosehip broth, etc.
If you have a cold chicken coop, you will have to visit it very often to collect freshly laid eggs before they have time to cool. Everything is simpler with this issue, especially if you can control the temperature in the house. But even in this case, do not forget that you should not lay eggs openly in the street so as not to overcool. Remember that hatching eggs can be stored at a temperature of 12-18 °, respectively, you will need to find a room where this indicator will be suitable.
SELECTING A PLACE FOR AN INCUBATOR
Now you need to choose a place for the incubator. It is impossible to put it in a cold dressing room of a house or an unheated utility room. In any case, outside air will enter the incubator, and it is highly undesirable that it be cold.
Ideally, if the incubator will stand in a room where the temperature is not lower than room temperature. But here, not everything is so simple. Check your incubator for moisture. In winter, from the radiators, the air in the room is quite dry, so if the incubator can’t cope with the maintenance of humidity by internal resources, you will have to moisten the air outside it.
To do this, you can use a household humidifier, hang a damp towel on the heating radiator or spread it on the tiled floor with heating, or you can put the incubator in a room where there are many flower pots or seedling trays, for which air humidity also increases.
CHICKEN BROADER
Next, you need to decide where the chickens will live. It should be remembered that for chicks even a prolonged stay at room temperature can lead to fatal hypothermia. Accordingly, the broiler for chickens should be placed in a fairly warm room, and of course, do not transfer chickens there in the cold, especially dry ones. Ideally, if the brooder and incubator are located in the same room.
After incubation, the chores do not end. If in summer chickens have the opportunity to run in the sun, peck weed and insects, then in winter they are deprived of all this. To compensate for the lack of vitamin D, which is produced when exposed to sunlight, add fish oil to the feed, the cottage cheese and boiled fish will replace the insects (do not forget to remove the bones from it), and of course, the kids need to grate pumpkin, carrots, give apples, sprout weed from grain, and I also advise you to accustom them to the green onion from the first days (it’s very easy to grow it on the windowsill).
I introduce onions to my chickens on the 5th day. Adult hens, knowing the taste of onions and garlic from a young age, eat them with pleasure, which allows them to periodically feed these products to the bird in order to prevent colds and helminthiasis.
Do not forget that the winter days are short, so you have to arrange additional lighting for the chicks.
MOBILE CHOICE
Chickens grow quickly, and already at the age of 4-6 weeks they will have to be relocated from the brooder. To do this, ideally, a separate room or aviary is equipped with a separate heater in a warm chicken coop. It should be remembered that while the chicken has not fledged, he is very sensitive to the temperature of his environment. For this reason, until the full plumage of the babies, the temperature is not reduced to 18-20 °. Different breeds operate at different speeds, so the time of resettlement from brooders should be tied, including this factor.
In no case do not run the baby immediately into the general herd. Chickens will drive away chickens from feeders, offend them, and may even peck to death. For my chickens, I set aside an aviary in the chicken coop, where they have their own heater. At the same time, living | with the rest of the chickens in the same room, they see each other through the net, get used to it, and their further union occurs with less stress, but this will be only before the chickens mature.
Let me remind you that egg breeds of chickens begin to be carried at the age of 4-6 months, and meat and egg - usually at 5-8 months. Therefore, the sooner you want to taste eggs laid by young hens, the earlier you need to start the incubation.
© Author: E. Moskalev, poultry breeder
OWN HANDCUBATOR - VIDEO (OPTION)
© Author: Alexander Kutsenko, p. Shishino Belgorod region. Photo author
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