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    incubator ideas! post your ideas for home made incubators, whether they work or not~

    Hi this is Bob Christian again. I forgot to mention that I took regular aluminum foil and glued it to the inside of the box shiny side out. This acts like a reflector to create even temperature throughout the box. I also glued the aluminum foil to the inside of the lid and bottom so that when...
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    incubator ideas! post your ideas for home made incubators, whether they work or not~

    Hi. My name is Bob Christian. When I was young (many, many years ago) I had a house full of kids and little money so I decided to raise Chickens and sell some eggs. I didn't have the money to buy chickens or an incubator so I made an incubator. I made a box out of scrap wood about 30 inches by...
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    New turner stopped working !

    My egg turner stopped working some time ago and I took a little glob of petroleum jelly and stuck it into the slot where the motor's turning arm meets the turning rack and goes up and down and goes up an down in that slot to push the arm that turns the eggs. The dry plastic of the motor's...
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    Sponsored Post I'm incubating - what do I do if the power goes out?

    Early in September 2012 I had 30 chicken eggs incubating in my little, foam, still air, “Little Giant”, incubator. About 10 days into incubation the Kansas City Light And Power Company shut the electricity off to do “scheduled maintenance” without telling us beforehand. The electricity went off...
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