First Days Of Life; Benefits Of The Infra-Red Lamp; Nutrition; Problems That May Be Encountered During Use - Borotto LUMIA 8 Translation Of The Original Instructions

12 – First days of life
Place the chicks in an environment that assures the necessary heat and light, with no air drafts, where they can
be fed and watered.
SUGGESTIONS: you can use a 50x50 cm cardboard box. Cover the bottom with newspaper, which must be
changed every day. Otherwise you may use the complete weaning pen or artificial hen available on the website
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For heating, hank a reflector with infra-red lamp at about 20-25 cm from the ground. Adjust the temperature by
changing the height of the reflector. The box must be large enough to contain a water pan and one for the feed.
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12.1 - enefits of the infra-red lamp
Infra-red lamps not only serve to warm the chick, but act in depth, on the tissues and muscles, fixing calcium in
the bones and supporting the expansion of the blood and lymph vessels, thus improving blood circulation and,
consequently, the nutrition of cells. This promotes healthy growth of the chick which will also be more resistant to
disease.
The reflectors (used to convey heat) and infra-red lamps are available on the website:
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12.2 - utrition
Chicks usually start eating and drinking from the second/third day of life.
Place in the box/pen: a water trough and a manger with chick feed. We suggest scattering some feed also on the
newspaper.
Manger and water troughs are available on the website
If other water troughs are used, ensure the pan is not higher than 3-4 cm otherwise the chicks will risk getting
wet or drowning. To prevent that, place pebbles on the bottom, which will also attract the chick to the drinking
water.
13 – Problems that may be encountered during use
PROBLEM
The product does not switch
on
Does not reach the required
temperature

13.1 - Guaranteed NON-STOP power supply

The incubator is powered by 12 V. If there is a blackout, use the supplied cable (16-Fig. 8) to connect the
incubator to the cigarette lighter outlet in your car. An ingenious solution to save the embryos during incubation.
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POSSIBLE CAUSE
Disconnected cable
Damaged cable
Other
Unsuitable room temperature
Thermostat does not work
Resistor does not heat
Damaged product parts that
cause heat dispersal
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SUGGESTION
Connect the cable
Request technical support for the repair
Request technical support
Move to another room
Request technical support
Request technical support
Request technical support
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