- Sep 5, 2011
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Hello all! Sort of funny story followed by a serious question - I was at a man's house today and after finding out I keep some chickens he took me to a lean-to behind his house and offered me an antique incubator for 5 bucks! the catch was it was sitting stacked in a pile of other "stuff", and wild birds had nested in it through a small hole probably chewed by a mouse
! I bought it anyway and brought it home and brushed it out, and surprisingly it works! It is a cabinet possibly homemade. My question is - What should I do to sterilize it completely? It was facing south, so in the summer it probably would have heated up a good bit and it really cooked the wild bird poop and egg shells onto the inside of it. I did get the screen and everything else completely clean after scrubbing, but what about the wild bird germs and diseases? Would clorox work to get it sterile? I don't want any chicks I hatch in it to catch anything nasty from the past residents. And if so how much clorox?
It is a super piece other then a few holes and dents, but am I able to use it for incubating eggs or should I stick to my old incubators?
Almost to good to be true, what luck

It is a super piece other then a few holes and dents, but am I able to use it for incubating eggs or should I stick to my old incubators?
Almost to good to be true, what luck
