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

[chicken pickin]

I didn't get an exact measurement of my bottom vent hole but it is roughly 1.25 inches by 4.5-5 inches. again that is roughly. I can go find a tape and actually take a measurement.

Ok my vent hole is 1.5 x 5.5

 

[chicken pickin]

So my hatch for my test run cooler eggs is complete. I set 18 eggs, 14 made it to lockdown and 12 hatched, 3 on day 20 and 9 on day 21. I still have the last 2 eggs in the bator just incase on day22 but Im pretty much calling it done.

I am very satisfied.

 

[sonderah]

I didn't get an exact measurement of my bottom vent hole but it is roughly 1.25 inches by 4.5-5 inches. again that is roughly. I can go find a tape and actually take a measurement.

Ok my vent hole is 1.5 x 5.5

U rock! Ty!! My bf is helping (aka took over) and he is very PRECISE! And driving me crazy! Lol

 

[chicken pickin]

U rock! Ty!! My bf is helping (aka took over) and he is very PRECISE! And driving me crazy! Lol

lol that sounds like me. My DH is very "just wing, it doesn't need to be perfect and it SHOULD work". While I am very precise needs to be exact. I drive him nuts lol.

That measurement works for me but Im sure Sallys and others may be slightly different.

 

[CANADIANGAMES]

Can you post a pick of your hatcher? You said you use a seprate unit for that purpose?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Update on my cabinet cooler incubator. Eggs went into lockdown late last night(night of day 19) and today day 20 ONE chicks just hatched and 4 others have pips. I feel very confident in saying that the cabinet cooler incubator is accurate, reliable and a SUCCESS!!!

@chicken pickin

 

[Sally Sunshine]

IMPORTANT!!

We are in the process of building and I cannot seem to find demensions for bottom vent hole!!

Plz help!!!

sorry on cell thats the best I have uploaded now. you may try to run it without the shelf and see if your temps are stable before trying the shelf


As you can see below I made the opening aprox 3 inches too long for the lower air return but it worked out well as I could make it smaller with duct tape and control the air flow to achieve perfect temps at all levels of the incubator. It would have messed up my egg turner had I made the hole any higher, and would have been bad if I would have to rip all the back air duct off to make it longer! SO refer to the total height in the one picture below. I will include a video below of my hours of using tape and cardboard to achieve the perfect depth and hole size before final installation of cabinet backboard and caulking.










Check out this vid of my fine tuning temps so top to bottom are identical, MIND you I messed with a taped piece of cardboard in the bottom and re-sized the return duct opening numerous times and the depth of the bottom shelf to get the temps the same. It wasn't an easy feat and my bum hurts from sitting in the kids little chair watching the thing and making minor adjustments! HA HA HA

This vid is before I added the permanent backer board shelf at the bottom as I was adjusting for perfection. I could technically include a hatcher in the bottom or another egg rack, but I dont want to hatch in it, but it has plenty room for additions stuff, also if you note the cut outs in the side of the cooler, you can easily take out the racks and turn this quickly into a multi level hatcher, we may do another for a hatcher and find plastic tubs to fit in the slits.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

So my hatch for my test run cooler eggs is complete. I set 18 eggs, 14 made it to lockdown and 12 hatched, 3 on day 20 and 9 on day 21. I still have the last 2 eggs in the bator just incase on day22 but Im pretty much calling it done.

I am very satisfied.

day late and a dollar short AGAIN! ha ha ha congrats!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Can you post a pick of your hatcher? You said you use a seprate unit for that purpose?

CoolerBATOR ​

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I wouldnt hatch without them! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!! ​

 

[sonderah]

I have windows!!!!!!

And all the electronics are on wired all nice and OCD neat!!

And all working!!! It does have both light sockets, just had 60 watt bulbs at home, so put the 1 in each side to make sure all was working!!

Just need to do the back and the semi auto tuner!! Yay!!!!
My bf wants to know if it is ok to use the energy saving bulbs, the ones that are all spirally??