buliding my first incubator

[griffin45]

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If you haven't already, add some small bottles of water to the incubator to help even out the temps. Also, if you have a homemade incubator start with the temps suggested for a forced air then adjust to your specific needs. It took me a year to really get a great hatch from my incubator, but using the different temperatures through out the incubator and then finding a happy medium I am getting a 90% or better hatch rate. Our last hatch we had two non hatchers out of 34 and 4 non fertile for a grand total of 28 chicks. The one before that we had 22 for 27 hatch with 4 non-hatchers. My motto: Keep Tinkering 'till its Right!

Chris

 

[Barred Rocker]

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Well a thermostat isn't really going to solve the problem if the temp is uneven in different areas of the bator. I need to figure out how to get the temp leveled out in all areas first then I can worry about regulating the overall temperature. I'll try that water bottle idea griffin. I'm not going to attempt a hatch for a few more months anyway so I have plenty of time to get it right.

 

[kman]

i have one more question when setting the thermostat i know their will be a +/- 5 degrees so do i need to get the average of the high and low to be 99.5 or just the high at 99.5, cause i got to thinking about it mine right now runs to 108 to 91 which averages out at 99.5 is that good or not

 

[fatboys farm]

ive been thinking of building a incubater out of a small oven but my 2nd incu i built out of a micro fridge and is is doing great. i will post pics in a few days.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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If you put the thermostat right by th light an the fan on the other side of the incubator you can get the temp to about +/- 1 degree