Curious?

[Mvan42]

I am wondering if anyone has ever took a thermometer/hygrometers with a wire prob and put it under a broody to see what the readings showed. Of course the wire would have to be secure to make sure the hen didn’t get hurt. I am sure at some point someone has. Just curious...

 

[Chef JimmyJ]

Here you go...JJ

Borrowed from...
https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants...nd-horticulture/agriculture-general/incubator


Incubator
Ancient Designs
An incubator is an enclosed chamber used for maintaining a living organism in a controlled environment. The ancient Egyptians and Chinese both devised incubators to hatch chicks from eggs without having the mother hen sit on them. This enabled hens to continue laying eggs without interruption. Egyptian incubators were large rooms heated by fires where attendants turned the eggs at regular intervals so they would warm evenly. Chinese incubators were warmed by fire or by rotting manure.

Incubator Enhancements
In 1588 Jean Baptiste Porta, an Italian inventor, drew on the ancient Egyptian design to build an egg incubator.
He was forced to abandon his work during the Spanish Inquisition (a 1478 movement instituted by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain during which many people were tortured and killed in the name of religion). Later on, Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel also invented an incubator to hatch eggs.
Frenchman Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757) revived interest in egg incubation in Europearound 1750. Reaumur's device was warmed by a wood stove. The temperature was controlled by a thermometer he also invented, which gave rise to the temperature scale named after him. The success of Reaumur's incubator—French king Louis XV (1710-1774) enjoyed helping the chicks hatch—helped boost commercial production of foodstuffs at the beginning of the industrial era.

The incubator was further developed by Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770) and later by Abbé Copineau, who used alcohol lamps as a source of heat.

 

[Mvan42]

Thank I never thought to look up the history.

 

[1clicc]

I did that 4 weeks ago. Hottest under the broody hen was 100.2 degree and warmest or coldest was at 98.4 degree. Humidity inside the broody hen was the same as outside, which is 45%. 100% hatch rate except that she squished 2 baby.

 

[Mvan42]

I did that 4 weeks ago. Hottest under the broody hen was 100.2 degree and warmest or coldest was at 98.4 degree. Humidity inside the broody hen was the same as outside, which is 45%. 100% hatch rate except that she squished 2 baby.

I knew someone here has had to do it. Thanks