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Rebelcowboysnb and geosheet, i'm going over to another thread, "Eggs in Bator." the issues/experiences i have while eggs are in the bator for the first time will be recorded there. along with yalls experienced advise! I have a new dilema and will post it there. Thanks Yall rosco ps...

It seems i've stabilized at 100F and 55% RH. with four air holes in top (two plugged lightly with cotton) i'm hoping i have acceptable air turn over. How long should i waitin this stabilized condition before introducing eggs? These are the only fertile eggs my hens will have with us. so...

Quote: Wowzers! that first post has more conflicting advice than anything i've ever seen. the second post does a very good job explaining why. thank you for the post. it took me a second to figure out the purpose of you sending these two links. It is quite clear that there is no...

Quote: Yeah, i took the wire cutters to the hardware wire and cut/chopped/hacked a hole to get a sponge into the water bowl. we'll see where the humidity ends up. I've two eggs in there right now. they probably aren't even fertile as it is 2.5 wks past exposure to rooster but the temp has...

Quote: I like the coke bottle wick idea. This would require much work though. i'll try to keep the temp at 100F. the thermometer doesn't read tenth of a degree so i'll shoot to have it bounce between 100 & 99. i'd like to have the humidity stable at 55%RH but it is much higher. 66%RH...

Quote: Rebel, Kewl. it is helping. the thermostat is about 3 or inches away and that is helping. W/o removing the hardware cloth and destroying cooler, this is as close as it will come . i turned it on its side to get the membrane any closer to the bulb. the temperature was hovering...

Quote: ooops. it is in the opposite side of the cooler. this would help control the lag between on/off and temp on the opposite side. both sides are not the same temperature now that i've put holes in the lid. ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS? IT SEEMS I'VE SEEN SEVERAL WITH THERMOSTAT'S ON...

I'm having trouble getting conditions correct. i've drilled four holes in top but now the temperature is all over the place. so is the humidity. i've tried stoppering each of the the holes but the humidity sky rockets. here is photo: here is top view (two fans on right lower; light...