Bread Box Incubator

[MissPrissy]

Susan, you and me together would be dangerous! I wired my main barn! Gosh what we could do together. LOL Men don't think the way we do!

VERY nice job!

 

[bantymum]

You go girls!!! you both have done us proud!
Im going to make myself a bread bator too!
I love that chicken hutch.

 

[jeaucamom]

Please excuse my ignorance, but with the lights on constantly in the wooden incubators, what about fire hazard?? I would think at 100 or 102 degrees that there would be danger of the wood catching on fire??

 

[MissPrissy]

The light is the heat source and is controled by the thermostat. 99.5 degrees inside the egg is perfect for incubating. Once the thermostat is regulated it will turn the light bulb on as heat is needed to maintain the set temperature and will turn the bulb off when the set temp is reached.

Wood ignites at around 150 degrees F.

 

[speckledhen]

Think about it this way. Those temps aren't much more than body temp, so there's no way it will ignite the wood.

 

[jeaucamom]

DUH!

Of course......body temp......ok now I'm really embarrassed! Thanks for being so patient gals!

 

[cruelshoes]

You are all so creative - you put Macgyver to shame! I hope Barg does not see this thread because he will want to hatch eggs in a homemade incubator for sure. I have too many projects around the house I need him to do first!

 

[Wooden_Pony]

I wish bread boxes were easy to find here in CA....

That would be prefect AND DH would be clueless about what is inside!! LOL

 

[Forest_Nymph]

...On my way to Goodwill and look for a breadbox...

Terrific ideas!

yours truly,

Sylvia

 

[MissPrissy]

I made some changes in the incubator set up.

Sometimes during the night the temperature spiked in the incubator. I guess there was a bigger temp change in my kitchen after all.

I moved the thermostat to the bottom of the 'bator closer to where the eggs are.

I went ahead and added the vent holes and used old wine corks to plug them. I pushed them through and they can be removed from the back for ventilation.

I also added a couple jars of water for a heat sink. The water temperature won't change quickly and will help maintain the internal heat.

I moved the 'bator down to the cellar. After a few hours it was idling at 97 for the internal water wiggler temp. I just adjusted the thermostat and I'll check it again in a couple hours.