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Space heater for an incubator

post #1 of 6
5/1/12 at 7:24pm
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Has anyone used a space heater in an incubator? The small ones usually used under desks, and has a fan built in. Similar to http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lasko-754200-Ceramic-Portable-Space-Heater-Thermostat-/120696041144?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1a0b6eb8#ht_1107wt_689
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post #2 of 6
5/1/12 at 7:27pm
i'm pretty new to the chicken scene but I think it would probably be to much of a fire/burn hazard to the chicks our potentially your house or coop
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post #3 of 6
5/1/12 at 7:28pm

First thoughts ...expensive to run, huge fire hazard and there are better ways to incubate an egg.

"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know...so I made my own world." ~Bijan  (And filled it with chickens!!)  ~Me!

 

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"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know...so I made my own world." ~Bijan  (And filled it with chickens!!)  ~Me!

 

***Amateur thread killer. If I were paid, I'd be a Professional***

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post #4 of 6
5/1/12 at 8:02pm

I would only use a certain type of heater, I wouldn't use the older models that have the long thin metal wires, much like a toaster for the heating. I would probably try to find one of the small 10" newer models that use heating coils, and a fan. I would still be a bit wary, but that's what I would do if nothing else.
 

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//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator 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//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #5 of 6
5/1/12 at 8:04pm

I would use this type.

 

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HOLMES-HFH113-Electric-Fan-Forced-Heater-Thermostat-Personal-Portable-White-/230766086687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35babb0a1f

 

You will have to buy a thermostat. The heater thermostats wouldn't work. I would turn the heater on Medium heat, and wire it to a Wafer Thermostat.

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//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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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//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #6 of 6
5/16/13 at 11:38am

I think this is what I have in a homemade incubator!

 

Look at this picture!

 

 

 

The above picture is how it came. It was damaged in shipping. 

 

But I've been trying to figure out what kind of heater/fan combo this is! 

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