GUESS HOW I MADE MY INCUBATOR....

[CoopCrazy]

How do you keep the temps and humidity when you open to turn?.... This is cool and would love to try since i have all these things at home already

 

[77horses]

cool! but won't the dried grass get molded from the moisture?

Hope it works out great!

 

[jeneralee]

SINCE I'M HOME ALL DAY..ITS NOT A PROBLEM...I PUT A SCREW IN ONE END OF THE TWO CONTAINERS TO HINGE EM TOGETHER SO IT OPENS IN THE MIDDLE..THE HEAT IS STILL CAPTURED AS IT RISES ANYWAY..I FIGURED A HEN GETS UP TO TURN HER EGGS..RIGHT? SO ANYWAY I JUST OPEN IT AT ONE END AND SLIP MY HAND IN..ALSO I SECURED THE CLAMP OF THE HEAT LAMP TO THE CONTAINER SO IT STAYS PUT WHEN I OPEN IT. I ADD A LITTLE WATER AT THE EDGE WHICH TRAVELS DOWN TO THE WARMTH OF THE HEATING PAD, BUT ITS KEPT FROM GETTING THE GRASS WET WITH THE ROCKS SO THERES NO MOLD.

 

[CoopCrazy]

interesting... Must try ... now who to get tester quail eggs from?

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[jeneralee]

THERE'S ALOT OF CHEAP EGGS ON EBAY...

 

[BeccaOH]

Very interesting. So when do you estimate hatch day?

 

[jeneralee]

I HAVE 9 CAYUGA+SNOWY CALL MIX EGGS DUE ON THE 20TH..BUT I GUESS THEY COULD BE A LITTLE EARLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT CALLS ONLY INCUBATE FOR 26 DAYS INSTEAD OF 28. i ALSO HAVE SOME CRESTED BLUE SWEDISH DUE ON MAY 1. SO FAR THEY LOOK NICE AND ACTIVE...WILL KEEP YOU POSTED..

 

[BeccaOH]

So what's the word on this hatch? Got any babies yet?

 

[kelseygirl707]

yes, I'd like to know too!

 

[CoopCrazy]

We're waiting