DIY incubator....Help ASAP nearing lockdown

[CaradineCousins]

Ok I’m 2 days away from lockdown and I have 6 eggs that still need to go another 11 or so days so I’ve built a diy styro bator I’m using a 40 watt bulb attached to a lower water heater thermostat and a fan all my vents are open, I’m having issues with temp it is staying at 91 degrees and my humidity is 75% if I replace with 60 Watts will that be better? Also how do I handle the condensation on the window so I can see what’s going on in there

I’m hatching Marans and Sslmon Faverolle I candle 7 Maran last night and see 5 good veining as the shell is so hard to see thru

and I have 5 SF one set with crack that I waxed lots of veining there as well and movement of the 5 4 look good the other 6 or on day 8 and I see growth on all.

I’m building a Hatcher for the ones going into lockdown

thanks for your feedback

 

[mdees88]

is the bulb cycling on or off or is it staying on the whole time? if its cycling you need to adjust the thermostat up. If its staying on you need a brighter bulb...

you need to get the humidity down. this means less surface area of water inside the incubator and/or or more/bigger vent holes.

 

[CaradineCousins]

Thank you thank you thank you this is the first time I’ve attempted to make a homemade incubator and I just got it running yesterday it never dawned on me to re-check the thermostat to make sure I have it closer to the hundred then the 90 I’ve also just now added a WICk to my water reservoir for the humidity though that’s always been running about 75-78%

This is so exhilarating