DIY CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR How we did it and TEST RUN Ready Set GO!

[Sally Sunshine]

Subscribed, Looking into a coolerbator design for a hatcher..great stuff in this thread! Thanks!

Welcome!

 

[chicken pickin]

The very top ones I have drilled in mine near the light sockets, those are sealed with tape, I only had them drilled if needed during hatching.

try that, otherwise you need to mess with your vent and shelf size in the bottom, thats why I said it took me forever to get it right, and I made adjustments before I permanently installed the bottom shelf. I also have the top hole on the left side sealed with tape. I would use duct tape and add it to your return vent and just start by making it half inch smaller on each side, and then see what difference that makes. your sure your back vent is sealed very well?

Oh I didn't drill the ones on the top since I have no places to hatch in it.

Im pretty sure the back vent area is sealed well. I will mess around with the vent holes and adjust the bottom shelf also and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: you dont want to close more than that top one, if you can adjust the bottom vent area and see what happens first, then mess with the tray, looks like you have it already set up, you may have to remove it and use cardboard to get the perfect distance out, my fiddling was combo of the bottom air duct size and the shelf size.

 

[Steadfast]

Here are 4 "blood ring" eggs I am sure of.

. Crap!

The six I marked with a "?" Turned out to not be fertilized.

Here is one I think is a "blood ring" but I'm not sure. I'm in day 9. There is no movement like in the others.
What do you guys think? Chunk it or keep it?

And then there were only 7......out of 18..... Bummer.

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

Looks like a bummer to me but why dont you keep it and check again in a few days

 

[Steadfast]

Ok..... How long?

Did you notice my new rubber gloves???
I bought a whole box of them!

See, I'm learning.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here are 4 "blood ring" eggs I am sure of.
. Crap!

The six I marked with a "?" Turned out to not be fertilized.

Here is one I think is a "blood ring" but I'm not sure. I'm in day 9. There is no movement like in the others.
What do you guys think? Chunk it or keep it?


And then there were only 7......out of 18..... Bummer.

The last one looks like a blood ring too, perhaps a later on death, if it don't stink candle in a another day and check to be sure its dead.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: @chicken pickin Hey, if all else fails, try removing the bottom shelf. I am sitting here thinking, I never tried it without the shelf, most cabinets dont have this I think, the reason I put it in is that I was reading and reading when I was drawing up the plans and I came across adding the bottom shelf as a way to stabilize temps as it forces the air in the bigger compartment for just a tad longer before its pulled through the small hole below and there were facts and proof behind it, I didnt bookmark as I put all the suggestions onto a word file and didnt add links. I have been searching an hour and cannot find the internet pages I need to give you. Anotherwords I never tried running it without the bottom shelf and for all I know it could run better, I have hardly any variance but as you know, you can do your best to replicate but at some point something will be different that will cause every one to run different.

 

[chicken pickin]

@chicken pickin Hey, if all else fails, try removing the bottom shelf. I am sitting here thinking, I never tried it without the shelf, most cabinets dont have this I think, the reason I put it in is that I was reading and reading when I was drawing up the plans and I came across adding the bottom shelf as a way to stabilize temps as it forces the air in the bigger compartment for just a tad longer before its pulled through the small hole below and there were facts and proof behind it, I didnt bookmark as I put all the suggestions onto a word file and didnt add links. I have been searching an hour and cannot find the internet pages I need to give you. Anotherwords I never tried running it without the bottom shelf and for all I know it could run better, I have hardly any variance but as you know, you can do your best to replicate but at some point something will be different that will cause every one to run different.

Very good thought! I will try that first before I go fussing with the vent hole or different shelf sizes. I will take it out now and run it like that and give feedback on this in the morn.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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please feed back, make sure your getting spot checks all over the interior areas! back to front up to down

I just looked at my cooler lockdown eggs, I see pippers!! awesomeness!! pray I dont have two straglers again because last time the two were wet big chicks, so I know that I have a colder spot but even the brinsea spot check cant find it... My hubs thinks its a certain hens eggs, they are bigger than others so who knows!