3 HEALTHY BABIES from DDD eggs LAST POST 1/6/08

[BeardedChick]

Happy Happy Chicken Dance!

I wanna know how the 'bator build goes, too!

 

[BeardedChick]

Hey, are you going to be up all night calibrating that 'bator? I'm on to you...

 

[johnmayersquare]

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Good luck! It is very fun and exciting! I have only hatched 2 chicks, but I have two bators full now and am waiting for more.........what an addiction this is! Keep us all posted!

 

[amyquilt]

Well, Bearded Chick....thanks to you and the already set thermostat, it was right on! I watched things for about 3 hours and the temps and humidity were right on...boy did I get lucky!...the eggs went in at 2:00 CST!!

Come on chickies, grow grow grow

 

[amyquilt]

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The ice chest I got is actually like MissPrissys, but a larger size up. I could easily incubate 4 dozen eggs in this giant thing. It's all I could find...either teeny tiny or the one i got.

Photos will be on our blog later Sunday...gotta get some sleep now.

 

[Cason]

I read a lot of stuff that I ignore

Good luck with your first hatch!

 

[kyeschicks]

I wish you a lot of luck! and i hope they all hatch

 

[BeardedChick]

Well, Bearded Chick....thanks to you and the already set thermostat, it was right on!

That's funny! I hadn't even thought about it working like that. I had NIGHTMARES calibrating it because my thermometer was off, and finally just replaced both items with more expensive digital stuff.

Glad that one is working well for you!​

 

[amyquilt]

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That's funny! I hadn't even thought about it working like that. I had NIGHTMARES calibrating it because my thermometer was off, and finally just replaced both items with more expensive digital stuff.

Glad that one is working well for you!

My thermometers/humidity are digital.

My problem is, since the cooler is so large, I'm going to have to install a 2nd light and thermostat if I want to hatch more than a dozen or two at a time.....someday maybe lol

 

[BeardedChick]

All you need is a second light wired in, no second thermostat. I might still have a wiring diagram for that if it would help.

I wired my big incubator to have two bulbs in it, mounted on opposite sides. There's one way to wire it where if one bulb goes out - they both go out. I think it's called wired in series.

If they are wired in parallel, one bulb can go out and the other light stays on. That's how I wired mine.