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3/19/12 at 4:26am

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My dad found a 2nd wine cooler that I want to turn into the hatching incubator. It'll be turned on prior to transfer and all the eggs will be transferred there to hatch safely. I am planning on putting egg turners in the one I currently have and the hatcher will hold the eggs on their side in small plastic totes. I want to use a smaller and more effective heat source. I was thinking of using one of those flat ceramic heat emitter bulbs they use for reptiles.

Any other suggestions would be awesome.

Here is the bulb I'm talking about.

Also thinking of adding one of these to get and keep the humidity up, another problem I've been having recently. I can't get the humidity up higher then 44% and then it drops rapidly.