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lol, well hopefully all my future eggs will be from a broody and i don't have to bother with this again. My husband is not impressed with the amount of electricity it uses, and now with the red heat lamp too - that thing is hot!

Thank you! Maybe i will

That's just what i was thinking lol But probably because they are better regulated. I was tending to my cupboard throughout the day and night, always checking the temp and adjusting the ventilation to keep the temp as steady as possible. It still fluctuated a lot though, i was sure that was...

I'm just reporting back that all my eggs have hatched!! I can't quite believe it! In case anyone doesn't know: I started out with 10 eggs and improvised an incubator by sellotaping a light bulb into an old cupboard i wasn't using. I also had a digital thermometer, but no hydrometer so I've no...

Well I've not spent any money at all on my set up. I already had the cupboard and the digital thermometer, found an old shoe box and a blanket to make the 'nest', and my Friend gave me the light on an extension chord. I was checking the two eggs that are porous and i think i can see something...

Hi again Beekissed :) You say you hatched 8 chicks, how many eggs were you incubating? Mine are due to hatch on the 4th of June - I'll keep you updated :D I just candled my 10 eggs last night, at 6 days, and i saw veins in 8 eggs, the eye and movement in 7, and the last 2 were all mottled...

Hello Beekissed! I'm new to incubating and to this page and I've just been reading through this thread. When are your eggs due to hatch? I have mine just now in a home made incubator which is a just an old cupboard with a glass door that i sellotaped a light inside. I'm covering it with...