Incubator operation manual

Details pictures : Digital 21 Toggle navigation. Hhd 56 Egg Incubator User Manual. Rounded edges in chamber and removable shelves allow user to clean the chamber easily.

LCD technology is used for the display and display interface can be used in three different languages which are Turkish, English and French. EC is equipped with an advanced alarm system. Audial and visual alarms are used to warn the user when the door is open, the chamber temperature and CO 2 is out of the set values, the temperature sensor is broken, a problem is occurred in microprocessor control system or during power cut.

Remote alarm with battery supply is provided with the incubator. NC contact part is also available in order to use with special alarm systems. EC CO 2 Incubator is designed to maintain the following conditions inside the chamber:. The chamber is isolated from the external environment by the help of the gasket. Therefore; inside of the chamber maintains its sterility during any operation.

There are 3 different biological filters in the incubator in order to keep the chamber sterile. Chamber temperature is kept stable and homogeneous by the help of air jacket around the chamber. Heaters which help to maintain the stable and uniform temperature inside the chamber is located in right, left and bottom of the air jacket. Do I really need one? A hygrometer is a device the measures the amount of humidity in the air. Just as a thermometer measures temperature, a hygrometer measures humidity.

Humidity is simply the moisture that is in the air. Have you ever walked outside just after a rain storm and it feels extra muggy outside? That's because there is more moisture in the air from the rain that has fallen. The humidity level has gone up. A hygrometer measures that amount of moisture. It is calculated in terms of "relative humidity" see the next section for a description of what that means and will always be in percent form.

Do I need a hygrometer? Good question! The humidity level in your incubator is not as critical as the temperature level, so many people choose not to use a hygrometer.

They simply use the water channels in the incubator and hope they stay within an acceptable range. However, if it's not within an acceptable range, you won't have a way of knowing that, and your hatch rate can be negatively affected. Our recommendation is to use one. They are simple to use and don't cost a lot, either. What is "relative humidity"?

The more water vapor there is, the higher the relative humidity. It is normally stated in terms of a percentage, which is the percentage of water vapor that is in the air as compared to how much can be in the air at a certain temperature and pressure.

Do I need a fan kit? That depends. Adding a fan kit to your still air incubator is a great way to increase your hatch rate. In the Hova-Bator and Little Giant egg incubator, the heating element wraps around the inside ceiling. In a still air incubator an incubator without a fan kit installed , the warm air naturally rises, and will be warmer near the heating element.

This can cause cooler areas in your incubator, especially near the corners. The eggs in these areas may be a few degrees cooler than the surrounding eggs and may hatch late, if they hatch at all. That is why we have developed a circulated air fan kit that will turn your Little Giant or Hova-Bator still air incubator into a forced-air incubator. It's easy to install in an egg incubator and is reasonably priced.

A still air incubator is a good fit for someone who is not very concerned with optimizing their hatch rate, or for incubating eggs that do better with still air.

Reptile and amphibian eggs, such as snake, lizard, turtle, and f rog eggs do best in a still air environment. Testing the eggs: using a candler or candling box. The best way to test if an egg is "good" fertile or not is to use a technique called "candling". This technique gets it's name from the way it was done before electric light bulbs. A person would use a candle to create enough light to try to see what is happening inside an egg.

With electric light bulbs, this has become easier and more reliable. You can use a candler. This is a special light, much like a flashlight, to see inside the egg. While in a dark room, you simply hold the egg to the end of the candler and you can see much of what is happening inside the egg.

The key is to get the egg to fit snuggly on the end of the candler so no light emmits from the seam between the egg and the candler. Normally the candler is made in such a way that the egg easily nestles into the end of the candler. With a chicken egg, you should be able to see veins start to appear within days after you have started incubating. With quail eggs, you may see them after just 3 days!

The second common method is using candling box. You make a small hole in one side of a box, just big enough for the egg to nestle well inside it.

Then you put a bright light inside the box and close the box be SUPER careful not to let the bulb touch anything in the box Darken the room you are in and put the egg onto the hole you have created.

You should be able to see inside the egg, just as if you were using a candler. What should you look for when candling an egg? You are looking for signs of life. And what you will see will depend on how far along the eggs are in the incubation cycle.

For chickens, a normal length is 21 days. About days into it, you should be able to see veins spreading from the center out towards the shell. A few days later, you'll be able to see the large eye ball forming, and you may see something actually moving inside! As you near the end of the cycle, the egg gets very dark and about the only thing you can see is an air pocket, which should be at the large end of the egg.

The Lock-Down Period. First: stop turning the eggs.