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I like both of mine. I can keep them within 2 degrees.I usually place a light throw blanket on top of them to help eliminate heat loss through the plexi on the top and it works great. Kids love watching them hatch and you can just slide it to the side to check temps. If you read my other post...

I can tell you what I do and it works for me. Try to follow I will explain the best I can. To start I have a basic cooler bator as you could find on here, it is the hard shell type, not the cheap styrofoam. My cooler will fit 3 egg cartons side by side with 2 egg compartments cut off one end of...

Yep, a hot water heater thermostat at lowes cost me just under $8. All the rest were reuse items, light socket, old power cord, computer fan, and cooler. I figure for the price of some expensive bator I can turn my eggs at least 3x a day. Been averaging 80% hatch rate at the moment so I cannot...

I have the same problem. I have figured out that by building a hatcher I can just cycle eggs through the incubator on a weekly basis. New fluffy butts every week!Has worked great for about 3 weeks! Until tonight when I figured out how to get even more eggs in my homemade cooler bator . I really...

LOL I bet she didn't have to talk to much. My daughter is the same. Wants to hatch anything we can get our hands on. It is lots of fun though. I have 4 out now and lots of pips! I enjoy every minute of it too!

Have the first chick of my big hatch emerge a full day early. Just checked and have about 20 or so pipped already as well. These little buggers want out!

Ok so I may have went a little overboard, but I couldn't help it. There were simply to many eggs sitting about begging to be hatched! I now have 88 eggs in a homemade cooler incubator. It is so full I have to tilt the actually cooler to "turn" the eggs. Now I just have to figure out how to...

I have buckeye popping!:weee

Well it has been some time since I last posted in here. Had to move and finally got things settled. Of course I went straight to hatching eggs. Had 3 incubators running with araucana eggs. Chicks hatched for three weekends in a row. Took two weeks off and now have some Lay Buckeyes in on day 8...

Well I couldnt help myself, olive eggs in the bator now. Not sure what I am gonna do with them when they hatched. Just didnt see the point in having a bator just sitting there empty though

I have found with hatching, in my noobness, patience is the hardest part. I have a BCM that just pip'd day 24. Still waiting for some zipping but seems to be doing well. Congrats on the pips!!

make sure you post pics, I for one am very interested to see the outcome of the new hatcher

Had my first BCM hatch this morning and the second is pip'd and ready. Others should be right behind. So glad these worked out! Although I am already looking for more eggs to hatch

well I wish I could answer or help you. I am still learning myself. If you figure it out let me know!

Yeah I have heard that. I am sure at some point I will attempt shipped eggs, just working things out for now. I am already wishing I had another bator.... Don't tell mama I said that

you were not the first comment :) I just figured I would ask, I just started hatching eggs a few months ago and can not get enough. It is like Christmas morning every hatch day! I picked up 2nd gen Bev Davis maran eggs from a local breeder. I can not wait for them to hatch, 12 more days

everyone is scaring me with the talk of losing their maran eggs. I have a dozen in the bator now. Is there something special i should be doing?

Well I am sad to say the little chick didn't make it. Not sure what happen as I was keeping an eye on it. Went in to check on it and it was no longer moving. So is life I guess.

i had punched a hole in the air sac end yesterday to see if i could see movement and did in this egg only(2 others were dead). I put tape over the hole and when I checked it today the membrane was basically white. I tried to open the hole a little more to see if I could see the veins as it all...

ok so now day 24, i still have the one chick that refuses to hatch. I removed the tape and checked again and you can see the heartbeat movement through the membrane and see it moving. I am a little concerned as it is later than the others and it seems the membrane looks "tighter" today. Almost...