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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    It has been a busy day! I made a brooder out of pallets, added a webcam to the incubator, and I added a tin roof to my run. Tomorrow is hatching day for the Australorps! Three eggs peeped today! I hope all goes well. Below are some pics of what I have worked on today.
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    I candled the eggs tonight. It looks like I have 11 fertile Black Australorp eggs out of 12. 11 fertile out of 15 on the Exchequer Leghorns!!! not bad since the Exchequer Leghorns were free.
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    I do have them marked with X and O. Today is the 5th day if incubation and I have turned them by hand until today. When I first turned on the motor all eggs were at O. I checked them an hour ago and they were all on X. The only way that they couldn't turn is if the wooden rods were too close...
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    The software for the temp/humidity sensor is called Audrino. It's a open source coding software for programming hardware. The hardware that I programed with the Audrino software is call RFduino but that's just because a friend let me borrow his. Audrino has there own hardware too. The...
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    My egg tuner motor came in today, so I put it together. Now I no longer have to turn my eggs. It all automated now. YA!
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    Here is a pic with the new 15 eggs. Looks like I could fit 9 more eggs in there. Now I know that my incubator can handle 3 dozen eggs. Very nice.
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    My uncle gave me 15 Exchequer Leghorn eggs. I set them today! Last night I added an RFduino that uses Arduino software to talke to a temperature/humidity sensor. It gives me temperature and humidity settings ever 2 seconds. I have it on a spare laptop that I can remote into from work (at lunch...
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    Here is a breakdown of all of the pieces in there: Black: Fan Blue: Temp Sensor for the PID Controller. (Notice that is level with the top of the eggs Red: Wireless Temp/Humidity Sensor Green: Egg Turner that I made I just push the egg turner about 1.5 inches and it rolls the eggs upside down...
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    Here are some pictures of my homemade incubator:
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    Sure, I will post some pictures tonight!
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    I will keep chiming in on the progress! If you have any advise, I'll take it!
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    I built my own incubator to hatch my first chickens.

    My wife and I wanted to get some chickens for our 2 boys even though neither one of us knows anything about chickens. I love making things so I decided to make my own incubator. I did a lot of research online. I just set the eggs today (2/16/2015). I bought a dozen Black Australorp eggs from a...
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    Chattanooga, TN (surrounding areas) CHICKEN LOVERS

    I work in Chattanooga and live in Rock Spring GA. My wife and I have 2 children ages 3 and 6. We recently purchased a home with a few acres and want to get some Chickens for egg production and pets. We are looking for 6 Australorps. Does anyone know of a good source where we can purchase some...
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