Could I incubate them in my Oven?

[steffpeck]

My oven can go down to 100*. Do you think if I added a pan of water in there with them for humidity, I could put my day 9 eggs in there until Wednesday when my hovabator get's here?? I ordered the Hovabator the beginning of last week to be here before tomorrow when I need to put some eggs in the hatcher, and when I called today to have them track it, they informed me it hadn't even shipped yet. I was going to try to make something to hold my day 9 eggs until Wednesday when it gets here, and realized my oven went down that low. Do you think it would work??

Edited to add - I have a convection oven that also has a drying capability.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

guess it would work! i've heard people doing it before. just leave it open a crack for some fresh air for the eggs.

 

[BellLisamo]

i dont see why not as long as you turn them and leave the door open a hair so they get ventilation
??????

not sure, all you can do is try it? did you order the eggs or are they yours?

 

[steffpeck]

Most of them are mine. 3 of them are Blue Orp's I got from Buster. I really wish that my incubator was shipped like it was supposed to be and that I wasn't dealing with having to make decisions like this.

 

[steffpeck]

With the convection oven it circulates the air, so would that be like a forced air incubator? LOL.

 

[Schultz]

If you're like us, everything is potentially an incubator!!

I don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

[BellLisamo]

youd be ok even if it is still air. i have a still air no fan and my last hatch was great

 

[TheDuckCrew]

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yep yep! everything can be turned into an incubator! i was thinking about trying to over trick...too bad my parents would never let me! i can't wait any longer for the bator to be built!!!!

 

[BellLisamo]

but the only thing will be the electric bill

 

[Marion]

Is it the knob on the oven that tells you that it can go down to 100° or did you check the temperature with a thermometer? I think I would check it over a several hour period before I tried it, with a good thermometer. I saw a thread once about someone using an electric skillet... whatever works in a pinch! Good luck!