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REMEMBER TO PLACE THE EGGS WITH THEIR SHARP END
POINTING DOWNWARDS IN THE TRAY AS SHOWN BELOW
Eggs must be in the egg trays for the first 18 days before
transferring them to the hatching baskets
To avoid temperature shock to the embryo and consequent condensation on the shell, eggs should
be removed from the egg room and pre-warmed before setting. Ideally, eggs should be pre-warmed
in a room at around 75-80 °F (24-27 °C) so that all can achieve the desired temperature.
Effective air circulation and correct room temperature are essential to achieve the necessary even
pre-warming of eggs. Uneven pre-warming increases variation in hatch time - precisely the opposite
of the desired effect of pre-warming. Even with good air circulation, it will take 8 hours for eggs to
reach 78 °F (25°C), irrespective of their initial temperature. With poor air circulation, it may take twice
as long.
So, the recommendation is to:
• Provide good air circulation around the eggs.
• Allow 6 to 12 hours for pre-warming.
Automatic Egg Turning:
Your Surehatch Incubator is automatically set to turn the eggs every hour
by tilting the egg
trays forwards and backwards. Make sure that once you have loaded eggs that the
EGG TURNER
is Switched ON
There may be times when you want to take some trays out of the incubator (When loading or
transferring them to the hatcher). To do this you need to adjust the egg turner to go back to a
horizontal (flat) position.
****How to get the egg trays to a horizontal (flat) position:
When you switch the egg turner on it will swing the trays backwards and forwards. You can stop the
tray in the position that you want by simply toggling the turner switch on and off once it reaches the
desired position. Remember to switch the egg turner back ON when you are done working with the
eggs. The incubator will continue to turn the eggs every hour after being switched on.
Sharp end of the egg must
point downwards in the tray
