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The tube will be plastic, tygon to be specific, but not hugely flexible. I am open to ideas beyond sand (which is already on the table) for a surface to put eggs on.

I was walking through our office and spied this little tiny tiny pancake fan and decided to hook it up to a little 4v phone charger. It had a little more airflow than I wanted so my son blocked some of the airflow. It now barely moves air, so I stuck it in. It's on the far side from the...

The next 'bator I build will be heated with water like you would a heated floor. Warm water going through tubing. We are trying to decide if the eggs will sit directly on the tubing or if we will fill the space around the tubing with sand so that we have a larger radiated heat area. It is my...

I did a quick check of shell temps since the incubator is sitting at 102. All but 1 were at 100, so not too bad. I will turn at dinner time and do a quick check of temps then. ChickenLegs. For this hatch I would very much like to do it all still air. However, I have been thinking about...

So, at 1:30 pm I checked the eggs left unchecked this morning. The incubator temp reads 101.3 and the eggs are: 89.3, 94.1, 87.8, 90.8, 87.7, 89.6, 92, 93, 88.7....these eggs are from the back rows farthest away from the heating element. They are still not as warm as is necessary, so I jumped...

I don't think I even have the little red plugs anymore! Looking back at my posting history I should have noticed that the darn thing gave me fits before. My only excuse is that it's been a few years since I have done anything in the world of chickens. It PIA factor is exactly why I built my...

temp on readout: 99.7 temp of eggs: 97.5, 90.7, 90.6. 95.5, 86, 90.3, 94, 97.5, 86.7, 84, 88.6, 92.7. I did not measure all the eggs as it was clear they are too cool. Temps were, in general, highest measured first and lowest measured last. Since they were all too cool I shut the box and...

I have a serial killer in my house. It's called a Hovabator. And yet, I believe that all the deaths surely cannot be it's fault alone. It has once or twice actually managed to hatch some eggs for me. To improve things a few years ago I built a new incubator. Very heavy. Lots of fans...