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    Incubator project.

    Do you have any ideas on how to recover and keep the correct temperature in the nesting box, safely?
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    Incubator project.

    Thanks, I'll have a look at some of those to buy, if I can work out a suitable heating method. Have you ever had any experience with these types of heaters? Coil heater Cartridge heating element
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    Incubator project.

    Thank you very much, your advice is being very useful. I see you're very experienced for this kind of project. For the pressure plate, do you have any ideas on how to seal it against dust and the like? There would need to be a way of preventing dust falling down the edges of it. I can think...
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    Incubator project.

    I can build a basic pressure plate which connects the circuit after a hen has left it. It's very simple, and I know how to do it. :) The alarm I'm not sure how to do. That seems quite complex, would you know a cheep way of doing that?
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    Incubator project.

    From what I've heard, using a reptile heat mat is extremely unlikely to overheat, I'm not sure what temperature it would reach if it did though, so I'll look into that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Also, reptile heating pads are usually placed directly under the terrarium, they have...
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    Incubator project.

    Thought of this already, all electrical components will be insulated, and it won't have to be much warmer than a chicken's natural body temperature. I'll make sure to test it before putting it into use.
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    Incubator project.

    Thanks for the feedback ChickenCanoe! Having an hour delay would be very useful, I'll look into how I could do that. I'm not sure about the alarm though, I wouldn't want it built in as it could scare the chickens (maybe if it was an LED outside the nesting box actually... I'll think about...
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    Incubator project.

    Hello Back Yard Chickens, I'm here to ask for some advice before I start a project. Recently we tried to hatch some fertilised eggs using a broody hen, then two weeks into the hen incubating them, the hen abandoned the eggs, and they died. To solve this, I've decided to start a project which...
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