Driving with incubated eggs

[kmdsparrow]

I am planning to incubate eggs in my classroom which I’ve done for at least five years. I’m currently on spring break and would like to get the eggs started and then bring them to school next Monday. Is this possible?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

That would be a bit tricky. Some questions:

1. How far away is school from your house.

2. Is your incubator totally portable, meaning pick up with eggs securely placed inside, and carried as a whole.

I've had incubator mishaps and still had chicks hatch (though only 33% rate) after the incubator got bumped and jostled by kids (my own on a 4H project). So they will take some jostling. However, you don't want them to cool down for more than 20 minutes, which means time for the incubator to power back up and get warm with the correct humidity.

I think it is definitely possible, as long as you are fairly close to the school. Just don't expect the hatch rate you would normally experience.

Good luck with your project. I love using chick hatching as a science lesson.

LofMc
(private tutor)

 

[kmdsparrow]

That would be a bit tricky. Some questions:

1. How far away is school from your house.

2. Is your incubator totally portable, meaning pick up with eggs securely placed inside, and carried as a whole.

I've had incubator mishaps and still had chicks hatch (though only 33% rate) after the incubator got bumped and jostled by kids (my own on a 4H project). So they will take some jostling. However, you don't want them to cool down for more than 20 minutes, which means time for the incubator to power back up and get warm with the correct humidity.

I think it is definitely possible, as long as you are fairly close to the school. Just don't expect the hatch rate you would normally experience.

Good luck with your project. I love using chick hatching as a science lesson.

LofMc
(private tutor)

Thanks for your input. I figured that I’d take the eggs out of the incubator and wrap them. I guess it’s not a good idea because my drive is about 90 minutes.