Good donor for a homemade bator?

[Jaybr]

Thanks for the ideas/ The inside of the partical board sections is mostly covered with a plastic like veneer that looks like real wood, that should keep all moisture out. The only place you can see that it's partical board is the ends of top and back, which are on the outside of the bator. I'll double check and varnish or paint any exposed partical board.

On a good note, my thermostat was over at a buddies, I gave him my old snake tank and he ended up with everything. I couldn't even remember what kind it was, but I picked it up tonight and it's a Helix dbs-1000, very nice thermostat.

I plugged it in this evening, and the temps came up in the top drawer in under an hour, and haven't varied more than 1 degree yet.

I'll keep an eye on it over the weekend and see how it does, I picked up a dozen guinea eggs today that I will set Monday or Tuesday, and picking up a 1/2 dozen partridge rock, 1/2 dozen jersey giant eggs next Saturday that I'll add.

 

[conny63malies]

the helix is ideal for that. Is it a on off type a thing or proportional(constant on put regulates the power output?)

 

[Jaybr]

The helix is proportional, and controls the heat source with on, off, or on with variable power output. I think it will do a great job for the bator and I'm glad I already had it because their around $130 new.

 

[duckman]

that is like a homemade sportsman.

 

[Jaybr]

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The big difference is because the drawer and tray are wooden, and not wire racks, and I put the heat source in the bottom, I get several degree difference between the lower tray and top drawer. To balance this out, I drilled a bunch of holes in the lower tray and will only be able to use that for water and the fan. I'm also drilling some holes in the sides of the drawer to allow better air flow there.

Basically I'll only be using the top drawer for eggs, I figure I can fit a couple dozen in there.

I'm going to hand turn the first batch, and work on an auto turner later.

If I find an old upright freezer, and used some heat tape spread throughout, I could build something similar to a sportsman.

 

[conny63malies]

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If it is good enough for more sensitive reptile eggs its good enough for poultry eggs. Could never get myself to shell that much out for one. I thought about a Johnson. But for know i deceided to make a homemade hatcher and i'll use a dimmer and a light bulb or flexwatt along with a surge prodector.

 

[conny63malies]

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The big difference is because the drawer and tray are wooden, and not wire racks, and I put the heat source in the bottom, I get several degree difference between the lower tray and top drawer. To balance this out, I drilled a bunch of holes in the lower tray and will only be able to use that for water and the fan. I'm also drilling some holes in the sides of the drawer to allow better air flow there.

Basically I'll only be using the top drawer for eggs, I figure I can fit a couple dozen in there.

I'm going to hand turn the first batch, and work on an auto turner later.

If I find an old upright freezer, and used some heat tape spread throughout, I could build something similar to a sportsman.

instead of a light bulb as a heat source i suggest flexwatt heat tape. you can tape it along the sides.
http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/incubator.shtml
here is a link for making a fridge-o-bator.

 

[Jaybr]

I put 13 guinea eggs in this morning, we'll see how it goes.