HEKA Incubators UK Chicken & Bantam Egg Incubating Chart

Preparing the Incubator

It is important to bring the eggs up to room temperature before loading them in the incubator.
Remove the trays from the incubator, load the eggs into them and stand them on a safe table.
Check that the trays in the incubator are in turning mode and the water supply is connected and filled.
Set the incubator for day 1-3 and run it for 2 hours to let the temperature and humidity settle.
Meanwhile, your eggs will be coming up to room temperature.
Load the eggs into the incubator and make sure that you have connected the trays to the turning mechanism.
Cooling Cycles
If your incubator does not have an automatic cooling facility, then on days 8-17 once per day turn
the power to the machine off and open the incubator door slightly for a period of 20 minutes, then
close door and turn power back on. We recommend you set an alarm to remind yourself!

Temperature Humidity Air Vents

Day Egg Turning Cooling Cycles Notes
(C) (%RH) (if present)
1-3 38.0 70 Open 1/4 ON OFF Run for 2 hours before loading eggs
4-7 38.0 67 Open 1/2 ON OFF Check Water Level
8-11 37.7 67 Open 1/2+ ON ON 45min/day Check Water Level
12-17 37.6 67 Open 1/2+ ON ON 45min/day Check Water Level
18-19 37.5 70 Open 1/2+ OFF OFF Transfer eggs to Hatching Baskets
20-21 37.5 75 Open 3/4 OFF OFF Do not open door until all hatched
Check-off Chart
Use the chart below to keep track by ticking off the days.
DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

This guide is for BATCH INCUBATING, where the incubator is filled with one batch of eggs, not for cycle incubating, where new eggs are put in every week.
This hatching guide is designed for use with HEKA incubators which have very accurate temperature and humidity control and moving air inside. It is not suitable for still-air incubators.

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