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Started a new thread for the incubation updates: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24445

Well, delivered the incubator over to the school today - it was running very steady here and hopefully it will there too! AND Lisa's eggs came today so now it's just a day's wait until we get them in the bator! I'll post here and let you all know how the bator and turner works out.

I think the thermostat in mine has a lot to do with the too-large swings in temp. My THEORY is that with the higher wattage bulb, the temps go up and down too fast for the thermometer to adjust itself and respond quickly. I'm hoping the smaller wattage bulb will allow it to go up and down more...

In my other bator which uses 60wt bulb and is running really nicely (got my silky babies in there now) it comes on and off several times in an hour. At one point I was tracking it and it cycled through about 3 times in an hour or every 20 min. This new bator is built from the same size and...

Just an update... The bulb guard/reflector seems to work fine to keep intense heat from right under the bulb. My newest problem is extremes in temps. Temps were varying from 98.5 to 101.9 - the right 'average' but too much of a swing. So, I've dropped from a 60 wt bulb to a 40 wt bulb...

OK, I put the thermometer in the cups right under the light, approx top of egg level, and the highest temps got to 104. So, I made a reflector out of tinfoil and a small cardboard box and duct taped it under the light. That seems to help already, BUT now I have the problem that my thermostat...

Good point, Cynthia... Hmmm... do you think using the cups around the outside (farthest away from the light/not directly under it) would work? I can put 22 eggs in the turner, but am not planning on setting more than 12 tops for the class room, so could easily avoid putting any directly under...

Well, having been 'volunteered' to do a hatching project/unit with my son's 2nd grade class, I figured another incubator was needed, since my first cooler model (the Rubber-chicken-a-bator) is busy brooding my silky eggs from Jen. (read all about that one here...