Livestock Studies 1961, Vol 1, Num, 10     (Pages: 039-048)

Under Turkey condition the best incubation methods and the type of incubators

Cafer TOGAY

- Under Turkey condition the best way to obtain day old chick for the breeding puprose; it is necessary to use an electrical incubator. Because it is most easy and economical taype incubator. İf it is not possible to use with an electrical type incubator it is available to use a kerosen oil type of incubator. But one point is very importent kerosen oil type of incubator should be used more than 4-5 together each set. By this way it is possible day old chick for breeding puprose and also rolativly low cost. The next one is natural incubation. We have found no istatistical differences between the result of natural and kerosen oil type incubator. The difference of the ruslts was just arithmetical, but electrical and kerosen oil type incubators has shown importent differences between pecentage day old chick and it cost. Keywords :