DIY styrofoam incubator

[Fred's Hens]

I found the Rush Lane Poultry videos a couple of years ago and built one of his designs using an old plastic cooler with a GQF wafer thermostat and an old computer fan. It was inexpensive, simple to build and works great! I have only one regret...I should have installed two light bulbs in case one burns out, as was recommended. I was so sure that if I installed a new bulb with each hatch, that it wouldn't be an issue. It has worked out great until today...I woke up this morning to find the light bulb burned out (yes, it was a brand new bulb) and the temp had dropped to 76 degrees! My quail eggs are on Day 9 and were developing nicely when I candled them yesterday. So now I get to sit on "pins and needles" until Hatch Day to see if at least a few survived. :-( As soon as this hatch is done, I'm modifying my incubator with a second lower-watt bulb to ensure I don't have to go through this again. Good luck building your own incubator, nayeli, I agree with Fred's Hens, you can't go wrong with the Rush Lane Poultry videos!

Easy fix. I wish I had as well, but $2.48 at Lowe's or Home Depot and Ta Da !!!! One fixture becomes two.

 

[rancher hicks]

How do you deal with two Thermo/hygrometers that read two different things?

the old reads, 100.2*/34% the new that came today reads, 98.2*/42%

Should I pull the new and go with the old? Just for peace of mind sake ?

 

[Fred's Hens]

How do you deal with two Thermo/hygrometers that read two different things?

the old reads, 100.2*/34% the new that came today reads, 98.2*/42%

Should I pull the new and go with the old? Just for peace of mind sake ?

The bane of all incubators.

I put 4, yes 4 thermometers in a box I was testing and I got what? You guessed it. 4 different temps, no matter how I took placement into the testing factors.

In the end, you gotta trust something. Since I had successfully hatched with a glass thermometer in the past, I trusted it pretty much. I also trust my new cigar/humidor digital thermostat. I've tossed the others.

 

[HereInOz]

Easy fix. I wish I had as well, but $2.48 at Lowe's or Home Depot and Ta Da !!!! One fixture becomes two.

That looks MUCH easier than having to add another outlet (which was what I thought I would have to do), thanks for the tip Fred's Hens!

 

[rancher hicks]

The bane of all incubators.

I put 4, yes 4 thermometers in a box I was testing and I got what? You guessed it. 4 different temps, no matter how I took placement into the testing factors.

In the end, you gotta trust something. Since I had successfully hatched with a glass thermometer in the past, I trusted it pretty much. I also trust my new cigar/humidor digital thermostat. I've tossed the others.

Thanks I'll leave the old one in and go with that. My next hatch will be Columbian Rocks from Scott. That hatch will be major important and I hope I do as good as the last batch he sent. 8/12.

 

[Tammy N]

1 or 2. Now I'm in the third incubation with quails. I have never incubated eggs from my own chicken but I'll try it soon with some of my Bantams Chocolate orp
Where do i get this fan i need it for a nurture right 360