General Information; Selection And Preservation Of The Eggs For Incubation - Borotto REAL Series Instruction Manual

5 – General information
The REAL series incubator has been designed for hatching chicks of hen, pheasant, guinea fowl, quail, grey
partridge, grouse, ducks (Muscovy/ common/wild duck, goose, etc.), peacock, turkey, rock partridge, pigeon,
Virginia quail, exotic birds and birds of prey.
Semi automatic version incubator: it is fitted with a semi automatic system to tilt eggs, operated from the
outside via a lever connected to the cell device located in the base of the incubator.
Automatic version incubator (with automatic egg turning motor): it is equipped with an automatic system to tilt
the eggs actuated from the outside via a motor that performs a complete cycle in 2 hours.
The heat required for incubation is generated by an electrical resistor controlled by a latest-generation digital PID
microcomputer control that makes it possible to regulate in a constant and precise manner the average internal
temperature, setting it with the buttons on the control panel.
Ventilation takes place by means of a turbine fan that distributes the warm and humid air evenly. The natural
surface humidification takes place thanks to the water contained in the trays stamped on the bottom of the
incubator, which are filled via the two outer nozzles - a convenient system so the incubator does not require
opening any longer.
6 – Selection and preservation of the eggs for incubation
It is recommended to incubate eggs from one's own farm. Eggs that have travelled for kilometres with couriers
will have less than 50% hatching due to factors of travel stress, vibration, temperature changes, embryos that
have died from asphyxiation because eggs that are closed inside packaging do not breathe! If you have actually
taken eggs that have travelled, let them rest on an egg platform for at least 24 hours with the tip downwards
before incubating them.
Choose eggs from breeders that are well developed, well fed and healthy.
NOTE: The breeders must not be inbred (no brothers, i.e. the males must always arrive from another farm), as
they would result in eggs containing weak embryos destined to die in the process of hatching (the chick grows,
but remains trapped inside the egg as it is weak and does not have the strength to break the shell to hatch),
nature is very selective and does not allow vulnerable creatures to be born!
The breeders must be sexually mature, and the males must be present in the right proportions with respect to
females, adhere to the information given in the following table
Individual
Hen
Pheasant
Duck
Goose
Guinea fowl
Partridge
Quail
Turkey
PROPORTION BETWEEN
Male
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Remember breeders lose their fertility after 3 years of age.
and Female
6 6/8 months
4 6/7 months
4 8 months
4 8 months
2 8/10 months
1 10/12 months
3 60 days
8 7 months
SEXUAL MATURITY
Male Female
6/8 months
6/7 months
4 months
7 months
8/10 months
10/12 months
50 days
7 months
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