for those who have made an incubator

[chickenlittle32]

Details please!

 

[rpatton]

i used this web site along with these links as well.

http://www.the-coop.org/wwwboard/discus/messages/1/6496.html
the last link is what i used mostly but i used a hot water heater therm. but i think a wafer might be better. i hatched 27 of 28.
good luck

 

[Cherlyn]

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I think you can do a search, or check my profile - I started a thread about my own incubator. If you cannot find it, let me know and I will find the page for you.

~Cherlyn

 

[chickenlittle32]

Did you make a turner?

 

[FrenchHen]

I made my own without a turner and had a so-so first hatch (humidity issues) and a great second hatch.
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There's my page and my incubator.

 

[Barred Rocker]

I find it so much more fulfilling to use an incubator I made myself. I built mine from a wooden box and hinged a cabinet door on top with a glass in it. After that it was just a matter of placing the light bulbs in the right place and playing with the humidity. After a few days of trial and error I got it working pretty good and after my first hatch I tweeked it a little and now I'd put it up against any you could buy.

 

[chickenlittle32]

We are using a cabinet as well...we got the plexiglass on and also got it insulated...we are now figuring out where to put the lights...thermostat (hot water heater tstat) and wondering wtheck a heat sink jar is for...

 

[Cherlyn]

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Nope, no turner, although I might look into how to do that. For now, I manually turn mine at least 3 times each day.

~Cherlyn