The Completed "Bator"
My really awesome Walmart cooler! Arg! It works though...
From this angle you can see the handle of the turner, which I labeled left and right so we can record how many times we turn each day. Underneath it is the tube for filling the water tray, and some small vent...
Raising & Housing Ducks
Ducks are pigs! Anyone who has raised or kept ducks knows this. Yet we still keep them! Obviously they are worth it!
Here are a few things I have figured out in the years I have kept them...
Brooding
1st week- Standard Chick Waterer with Paper Towels over a layer of pine...
Chicken Housing
This is our main coop...
The shed was already on our property, full of junk...so I cleaned it out and converted it into a coop!
-I got some old linoleum and covered the wooden floor to prevent it from getting damaged by moisture and make it easier to clean.
-I took out about 3"...
TheNewMrsEvans Page!
Hello! I have raised poultry for pets and show for about 15 years. I have kept bantams and standards, as well as ducks. I hatch every spring and can also send fertile eggs of any of the breeds I raise. All of them are works in progress, each year I strive to better the...
My 1st Incubation
To see the whole making of...start at "my bator" page...
So in order to get my temps to stabilize I moved my thermostat and added a heat sink, per the wonderful insight of the BYCers! With the metal back of the thermostat on the wire above the heat source it responds much...
My Hatcher
I basically made another incubator with larger floor space and no turner!
Two big spaghetti sauce jars for heat sinks...non skid stuff so they don't have to walk on wire...
It's working!