Recent content by bucklee00

Yes, we are planning on insulating the barrel, and then using it for thermal storage. The amount of water mass needed has not been verified yet. We first looked into solar for the heat and electricity, but for the size we would need for the thermal energy, the solar option is far out of our...

Pictures of the incubator egg turner. It will turn the eggs 30 degrees, 6 times per day. It is not hooked up to an electric motor yet.

Hi Primo, We try to stay as hands on as possible, but we have to start at a drawing board. I see your point on the roll out boxes having trouble with too many 90 deg turns. We are hoping to solve this by using a berm of AstroTurf, but this may have to be revisited. I appreciate the Egg...

Hello barnacle bob. 1. I should have explained the way we are heating the brooder and incubator. Photos below. 2. This sloped floor on level 2 is sitting on top of the roof of level 1. We are designing the boxes to be modular, so the customer could have the ability to add one additional box...

Hello All, I am attending Purdue University in New Albany Indiana, and for my senior design class we have been instructed to build a self contained chicken coop. The end product will cost less than 300 USD, and include an incubator (automatic turning, temperature control), brooder, chicken...