Check out this Vintage Chick-U-Bator :)

[Rock-n-Roo]

Oh man!!

I had one of those when I was a kid of 10 years old!!

I tried it once and the chick made it out of the shell but didn't last long - kinda devastating for a kid.

The neighbors had a broody hen we borrowed and we hatched 8 or 10.

I had the chicken bug early on.

 

[shesaredroan]

hipeatall,
Your guidebook is as much a jewel as your chick u bator......love that box too. Thanks for sharing the guidebook with us, it's like a step back in time.
After reading the article by Katy King that you suggested, I remembered a long lost memory.
When I was about 5 or 6, some older friends told me about how chicks came from eggs, all ya had to do was keep em warm for a while, so I got an egg from the frig and wrapped it up in a cloth, put it in my doll buggy and surrounded it with my stuffed animals, oh and I added a ticking clock to keep it company. I was SURE I was gonna have a chick. Mom found my 'nest' after a couple of days and told me the sad news that it was not going to work.

It took about 40 years, but I did finally get my chicks. Been a chicken person for 11 years now.

quintinp,
That Amish incubator is really something!! It's a beautiful object, just to look at.
My uncle was a Methodist missionary in Africa back in the 50's & 60's, the last time we visited (of course the subject of chickens came up, my family knows my obsession) he told me of how the missionaries worked with kerosene heated incubators when they taught the people of the villages, about raising chickens........they had no electricity, very primitive area. He told of how hard it was to keep the temp constant and keep the humidity correct.
I wonder if what they were using was like your photo of the Amish 'bator? Thanks for posting that.
I love BYC and all the neat stuff I learn!!!

 

[AmericanDwarfChicken]

Okay... while you all are waiting for your eggies to hatch... I thought I'd share my "market day's" find with you.
I found this Vintage Chick-U-Bator.

I have a vintage chick-u-bator! man do I love that thing along with my 2 other vintage ones