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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I finally sold the unit to a farmer in North Carolina. He plans to fully restore the piece. I believe it is in good hands and hope to see it someday in its restored condition. I must admit I was a little sad to see it go. I had always hoped to restore it myself but the money I got for it...
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I've only had one nibble from Craigslist. We can't agree on price. Since I listed it I found a lamp for it. I'm also planning to turn some new legs for it so it doesn't sit on the stumps.
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I haven't had time to commit to trying any of this and I don't see any time in the near future to get to it so it is going on Craigslist.
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I haven't had time to commit to trying any of this and I don't see any time in the near future to get to it. edited by staff
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I haven't had a chance to try either option above yet but I was discussing this with my son-in-law and we had another idea for heating this unit. In the floor of the brooder section is a small slide door. This door is how you fill the water chamber that sits between the brooder and incubator...
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    I spoke to a guy today about this and he suggested a different way - a closed heat loop with a light bulb as the heat source. This would modify the two exhausts on the right side and the duct on the bottom closing this loop. He then suggests a simple potentiometer to control the speed of a fan...
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    So, I had an idea for converting this that would have the least impact on the present design. It could still be heated by the kerosene lamp but regulated by a mechanical device operated by a temperature probe. Everything is here to control the heat but not to regulate the controls based on...
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    Reliable Incubator and Brooder circa 1900 est.

    In 1982 I bought an old house from the original owner and in the dirt floor basement was this large piece of furniture – or so I thought. I did a little investigation back then and figured out that this was a chicken incubator of sorts. I had always planned to do something with this but never...
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