Hatching in homemade incubator question

Skipper81

" For my yoke is easy and my burden is light "
Feb 11, 2018
870
1,625
257
Middle Tennessee
I have a homemade incubator and I'm curious if anyone has done a similar setup and how do I do lockdown with this setup this is my first time the are at day 10
Thank you
IMG_20180211_114104.jpg
IMG_20180211_114115.jpg
IMG_20180211_114130.jpg
IMG_20180211_114136.jpg
IMG_20180211_114819.jpg
 
That is pretty creative and wonderfully simple. Best wishes for a great hatch! I think for raising the humidity, I'd try something like a plastic trash bag tucked around the edges between the black planter and the 5 gallon bucket to reduce the evaporation loss. May as well keep it simple. I hope you'll post your results. I am curious how many watts is your light bulb?
 
That is pretty creative and wonderfully simple. Best wishes for a great hatch! I think for raising the humidity, I'd try something like a plastic trash bag tucked around the edges between the black planter and the 5 gallon bucket to reduce the evaporation loss. May as well keep it simple. I hope you'll post your results. I am curious how many watts is your light bulb?
Thank you for the advice I'm running a 25 watt bulb and yes I'll post results
 
Ok. I have a question. This is my DIY incubator, it has forced air. My temp was steady at 100 and my humidity was and still is at 53%. I added my eggs this morning at 9:23. It was doing fine until about 10minutes ago and it jumped from 100 to 102. I adjusted an air hole it came down to 100 and then to 99. I've readjusted the air hole, but I'm still stuck at 99 degrees with 53% humidity. Need any and all advice.
 

Attachments

  • 1518460696382909351442.jpg
    1518460696382909351442.jpg
    228.9 KB · Views: 13
Very creative! Hope you get great results! I plan on making my own incubator also, but I'm going to use a glass aquarium. . I'm too paranoid about a possible fire.
 
No thermostat. Its a DIY incubator and you adjust the temp with air holes. In this type. I maybe just freaking out over nothing.
I agree with "lazy gardener" who always gives very practical advice- leave it alone for a while as it adjusts to the mass of cooler eggs you've added and just watch carefully.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom