Chic Chick 'Bator *UPDATED*

[MissPrissy]

I did think about adding a hole and shoot to be able to add water without opening the box.

The egg turner I am thinking about, too! It might not be an auto turner, but what I am trying to noodle through could be manually turned from the outside of the box.

Give me a little time to find the pieces and parts and experiment and I know by the time we get hatching eggs I'll have it worked out!

 

[BirdBrain]

Miss Prissy,
For the water issue, use some thin clear tubing (can get it by the foot at most hardware stores) and run it through a small hole in the side. You will have to get a very small funnel that can fit on to the end and voila! Don't know what to do about turning the eggs from the outside---anxious to see what you come up with.

 

[MissPrissy]

That is exactly what I was thinking birdbrain.

 

[justusnak]

for tubing....use something a turkey baster tip will fit into...you can then place a screw in the open end when you are finished adding water.

 

[redneck]

Here are some pictures of what I did. I took a 20 oz. coke bottle and added a 90 deg tubing fitting, put some hose on it and ran it through the side of the bator into the water container. Just squeeze the bottle to fill the container inside.

 

[MissPrissy]

That's what I was thinking, redneck. Using tubing and a squeeze bottle. I need to find a cap and tubing though.

 

[aran]

WOOHOO....i tell you what...we could all go into business making these darn things...if we can come up with an egg turner...and I may have an idea!, we will be making cheap baters with all the functions of the expensive ones!

 

[eman]

MissPrissy

How is your temp consistency?

Eric

 

[MissPrissy]

Eric,

My temperature is holding consistantly. The thermostat is doing its job and cycling the bulb on and off as needed. I have to make a tiny adjustment to bring the temp down about .5 to .75 of a degree to keep the internal water wiggler temp at 99.5. Right now it has been running since completion and is holding at a constant 100.8 in the water wiggler. The air temp cycles between 98 and 102F. At 98 the thermostat turns the light back on. At 102 it turns it off.

I am VERY pleased with my version of an incubator.

Where I live is very humid now. With no water at all in the incubator the humidity is holding at 64%.

 

[4boysmom]

I was thinking about cutting holes & inserting a pair of rubber gloves from each side and then taping them in.....

I have an idea on an egg turner...
old egg carton - cut in 1/2 - cut bottoms from egg holders & place on top ( with middle cut out )....then alternate which side I raise several times a day - never opening the lid.....

I'm just gathering my supplies for my incubator....got my free Walmart fishing worm cooler today. Still need to get the lamp kit, but I think I have everything else....

I may try the glove thing on an old stryofoam cooler I'm going to play around with.