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How important is the little fan in the incubator?

post #1 of 4
2/3/12 at 6:44pm
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I used a cooler and a light bulb. How important is a fan?

 

I have air holes. 

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post #2 of 4
2/3/12 at 6:47pm

Fan keeps the air temp. even through out the incubator.  

No matter how much we push the envelope it is still stationary......
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No matter how much we push the envelope it is still stationary......
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post #3 of 4
2/3/12 at 7:24pm

With my experience, air fans have 0 importance to me. However, i also have a small enough incubator where the temp is the same throughout the entire incubator. I personally just find no need for them. 

I became interested in hatching and raising chickens during a genetics class where we manipulated the genetic code of chicken embryos. One year later, I have many chickens, mostly Ameraucanas and Easter Eggers. I believe in order to truly respect and appreciate chickens, you must hatch them on your own. I still attend college and live with my parents, who graciously accepted my chicken habit...

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I became interested in hatching and raising chickens during a genetics class where we manipulated the genetic code of chicken embryos. One year later, I have many chickens, mostly Ameraucanas and Easter Eggers. I believe in order to truly respect and appreciate chickens, you must hatch them on your own. I still attend college and live with my parents, who graciously accepted my chicken habit...

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post #4 of 4
2/5/12 at 11:19am

It really depends if you are using a thermostat, and if you are using a styro-foam incubator. The fan circulates the air, and keeps one spot in the incubator from getting really hot. In a Little Giant, or Hovabator, that uses the metal ring heating element, the fan isn't needed (AS MUCH)  

 

But, in a homemade incubator, the fan is really needed.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Ya'll need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, and my homemade fridge-a-bator on my BYC page

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Ya'll need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, and my homemade fridge-a-bator on my BYC page

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