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

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Sally, Sally, Sally!!

Its working, my cooler-bator is actually working!!! I think about seven chicks have hatched so far. Thanks so much for the articles on hatching and DIY stuff.

Note to self: Sally is awesome.

 

[chicken pickin]

Sally, Sally, Sally!!

Its working, my cooler-bator is actually working!!! I think about seven chicks have hatched so far. Thanks so much for the articles on hatching and DIY stuff.

Note to self: Sally is awesome.

Yay! Congrats!!!

Note to everyone: Sally is awesome

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, Sally, Sally!!

Its working, my cooler-bator is actually working!!! I think about seven chicks have hatched so far. Thanks so much for the articles on hatching and DIY stuff.

Note to self: Sally is awesome.

awesome news MKK! but you know....

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

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I should have figured that was going to be posted. lol The dark Brahmas are really pretty when they are chicks.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

They are! my favorite chicks so far are lav ameraucanas! so gorgeous in color from day one!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

They are! my favorite chicks so far are lav ameraucanas! so gorgeous in color from day one!

I haven't seen lav ameraucans, I will google it.

Wow, they are beautiful!

 

[sonderah]

My 1st batch from my cabinet cooler bator goes into the hatcher Tuesday!!!!! Started with 45, pulled 15 combo of clears/early quitters. BUT... Some of the eggs were shipped & some a little old, but I had so much room, I decided to toss em in anyway!! Lol

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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For some reason my quoting isnt working! Good luck!

 

[Tio Pick]

Some suggestions based on what did not work. We decided to build an incubator in the freezer compartment of an old fridge. I had a heating element, an electronic thermostat and an automatic egg turning tray. I also had several old computers so I scavenged a couple of fans and a power supply and installed it all in the freezer compartment. Try as we could, we could not get the temp to set and maintain at 100 so I ordered a wafer thermostat. and installed that. Same problem a nice constant 105 no matter what I did. We even switched from a heating element to light bulbs. Finally I had a Eureka moment and realized that my computer power supply was the heat source and of course I did not have it wired into the thermostat.

Also by this time I realized I was going to have another problem, now how to cool the incubator, summer is here and it will be 104 tomorrow.

Solution to it all is duct tape, well duct tape and insulation board and taped together a box but left the power supply on the outside and put it on a table in our back room where the AC does not let it get over 80. I did not have a phone charger power supply but could have bought one. I just did not realize that the computer power supply would create so much heat. You also have to identify the wires to the computer on button and connect them together. On the 20 pin connector to the mother board, when the clip is toward you, the wires you need should be the 2nd and 4th from the left on the front row. On this power supply they were a blue wire and a green wire. Just clip, strip and wire nut them together then you have lots of 12v dc for the fans.

Now we are waiting on a batch of Delaware chicks. I found it surprising that in the part of Breeds that I read, I did not find a mention of the Delaware. We had bought a 50 chick batch of straight run day old chicks last year. We did have one rooster that was aggressive but of course we ate him. All the rest are friendly and will come to you.

Thank you for the site... JD Pickering aka Tio Pick

 

[sonderah]

Its day 21 for my 1st cabinet cooler bator set! They moved to the hatcher, my Genesis Hovabator 1588, on Tuesday for lockdown.

Had 2 pips yesterday, another this morning, but so far, nothing! I'm getting nervous!!! I have always been done with hatching by day 21 because they've always hatched early, usually starting to pip on day 18!

They r SUPPOSED to start now though right?? Lol How nerve wracking!!!