Can I borrow your incubator?- Oregon

[lemurchaser]

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Hehehe, I like the idea of the three person transport you to coffeegirl to john to me. If not, I'll be driving up to portland towards the end of June and could get it then. Or if you get it to John anytime in the next month, I could get it when I take him his baby chicks from the first hatch, then I could return his incubator and take yours/mine.

 

[shmooborp]

ok so coffee will probly be able to get it from me tomorow after i get out of church cuz my church is near her town. then i will pass it along and hope for the best! im sure i can fix the thingy befor i send it off.. all i have to do is connect the wires back together.

if i dont get it done than im sry i will try tho! hope all the hatching goes well.. OH! and the markings on the bator of where 100* is isnt set in stone.. you will deffinatly have to tweek it. this is soo cool! im part of the story now.. tehehehheee. .

 

[coffeemama]

I'm involved now too! Getting the bator from shmoo....passing it on the john.....then it goes on.....lol

 

[lemurchaser]

Apparently we will need to get all of the Oregon BYC folks in on this. So who are we missing that needs to join in?

 

[shmooborp]

this is hilarious. sombody update the story of whats going on. LOL! nobody will ever believe me. they will think im crazy chickem pearson... wait a second.. i AM! lol

 

[shmooborp]

hey lemerhaser. i got the light to turn on.

but i dont think its heating up.
i am giving the bator to coffee tomorow. i will be passing alon a note with her for you

 

[lemurchaser]

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Thank you so much. I can't wait to get started on my projects.

 

[shmooborp]

ok so basicaly- im giving you an incubator carcass - heres what i think you should do

- first gut out the insides ( take the thermostat and heating element out. jst unscrew i and it should pop off. then! go to lowes and get a single pole watee heater thermostat- make sure it can go below 100*(this is where i found mine) then go to walmart and get a lamp making kit/ bottle lamp kit. an inn sure you have light bulbs. then folow the diagram om MISS PRISSYs homemade incubator directions *(very easy) and stck it in and you are good to go. if you want to look at speckeledhens incubators too thats cool.. it might help u make some modifications... its very simple
heres the list of what to do

*gut out the bator
*go to lowes and get a Single pole water heater thermostat(8$)
*go to walmart and get a lamp making kit/ bottle lamp kit.(6$)
* folow the diagram from missprissy or specledhen
*have fun.

all in all if u dont count the gas its gnna be the best 14$ ull ever spend for a bator.

here are the links to missprissys bator
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8510

and heres speckaledhens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=43984

hope this helps

good luck

 

[shmooborp]

ok! the bator is on its way! i gave it to coffee this morining and she will pass it on! to john. then john wil give it to you. and you will have a bator... that doesent work. YET. im super sorry bout that.
i have never used it. only plugged it in. it worked before. soo i put it back in the box and stuck it in the garage and then a few weeks ago i was playing around with the wafer, i put it back together corectly. but it hink that the heating element somehow broke. but it should be good if you follow what i said in previous post.

 

[shmooborp]

OH.. and thru all of this i never told u the most important part. we (me and dad) got it wired back corectly, BUT for some reason the heating elemt wont work. i think somehow it got busted. thats why i told u to go get that stuff. good luck.. sry for the gazzillion replys.. i try not to spam. LOL