Hatching in homemade incubator question

[Skipper81]

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

 

[twoods61705]

No thermostat. Its a DIY incubator and you adjust the temp with air holes. In this type. I maybe just freaking out over nothing.

 

[sevenfatcows]

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.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

a fan circulates the air and creates a more consistent temperature throughout the incubator. incubators with rans tend result in better hatch rates. still air incubators create a thermocline, an abrupt layer at which the temperature can go from too cold to too hot.

Fans also even out the relative humidity.

 

[twoods61705]

Update on my DYI incubator and cochin bantam eggs. Video of 3 out of 13 eggs and all 13 are showing the same results. They are all alive and sqirmming. Today is the 8th day.

 

[sevenfatcows]

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?

 

[Elana DeBolt]

I haven't seen a set up like is before, Great Job, I'm on day 9 so your chicks are hatching a day before mine, Good luck with the hatch

 

[Skipper81]

I haven't seen a set up like is before, Great Job, I'm on day 9 so your chicks are hatching a day before mine, Good luck with the hatch

Good luck to you also

 

[twoods61705]

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.

 

[lazy gardener]

Do you have a thermostat? Usually, when you put eggs in the temp will drop for a bit. I really can't advise, other than say: watch it like a hawk.