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Very valid points, I do have a fan and it seems to be spreading the air evenly but I will concentrate on locating any hot spots, thanks. As of this morning I have one piping... ;-)

LOCK DOWN for the Chickerator, only 11 eggs made it this far in the top tray, we knew most were not fertile because our rooster was young and new to the flock.... plus some early aborts.... so these are due Sun and the bottom tray, mid Sept. I got the new digital temperature controller the...

Chickerator is up and running.......... 72 eggs placed and holding steady at 99.5* and 45-50% humidity. (Gauge in the picture had just been set it place so reading not accurate) Have to turn by hand but pretty easy, just pull the whole tray out and spin it 180* and set it back in.... will...

Our first attempt did not go well, homemade incubator, started off with temps too high, got that sorted out and then some visiting friend's kids turned off the heat when looking at the eggs.........off all night and I did not realize until the morning, low 70's..... Got the temps and humidity...

Making progress, got the lights/heat installed as well as the computer fan, both the lights and fan will be hooked up to a digital temperature controller for high and low range. All the wiring is nicely tucked away in the rear of the fridge where the compressor was.... ;-)

So I got an air vent installed in the Chickerator to help control air/heat flow as well as being able to adjust humidity levels. Also made some trays from cut down plastic milk crates that will be used for holding the eggs in cartons for the first 18 days, manual turning which will be easy by...

So my "homemade" incubator is working but kinda hard to control temps and humidity etc..... tried to think of what I could use? Well, found a free wine fridge on usedvictoria, the guy was using it as a cigar humidor and his wife is pregnant so told him to quit cigars so he gave the fridge...

Thank you for the welcome, excellent site with very useful info and friendly folks.... I will follow the link and pose the question there, the humidity appears to be our main nemesis...

Hello all, thought we better get intros over with before asking some of our silly questions. We have a small hobby farm on the south end of Vancouver Island BC. We have had chickens and other animals for a number of years and have both been brought up on farm type settings so are not "newbies"...