HELP!!!! I NEED TO BUILD A INCUBATOR/HATCHER BY TOMORROW MORNING!!!

[ThePamperedPullet]

Duh, just thought of it. Are you using a auto turner? You could take the turner out and only roll the eggs that need to be. Hard to work with humidity but we have run all our chicks as dry incubate. When ours go to the hatcher/brooder is the only time they get some extra humidity and we don't even monitor it. I built the hatcher myself and it just has a can of water next to the light bulb. Nothing scientific but we get 90% to 100% hatch rates.

 

[WriterofWords]

You can use a styrofoam cooler, cut the front out, put in glass from a cheap frame, use a 3.95 light kit from WAl mart in the side (end) of it. My class made several and they worked great.

 

[tony30536]

you can use a old cooler, lamp kit, 40watt bulb and a dimmer switch just turn the switch a little at a time to get the wright temp.

 

[wilds of pa]

Depending on how many eggs you have in there, split the incubator in half with a piece of hard cardboard and maybe some good tape to hold it in place, that way the ones not ready to hatch wont be pushed all around. Or you could even use those plastic strawberry containers to put the none hatching eggs in till its all over than put them back in the turner if your using one..

Best of luck, hope all goes well for you
~Charlie~

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

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great!! i will try that!! thank you!!



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also...what i was saying was that i wouldnt have time to get all of those supplies by tomorrow -- thats when i need the hatcher so that i can put them in 3 days before hatch time....

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

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does the dimmer switch come with the lamp or is that something i can get seperate and some how hook it up? where would i find this? i was at walmart earlier but as we all know their staff is not very helpful...at least not around here

 

[Moodene]

I am using a fishtank that I had laying around..put jar in with water and light..beening staying around 98 w 75 % humidity..lol

 

[tony30536]

lowes,homedepo,ace, any hardware store, a lamp kit will not have one if you do not get the kit you can get a cheap light bulb socket 2or3 $ a drop cord 6 to 8 feet long 2$ and a dimmer around 6$ if you have a cooler all this will cost about 10$ , with the drop cord cut the end off that you plug christmas lights in to and use it for wiring up the bator it works good as long as you can check on it at least once a day you can thank you have it set at 99.5 but it may be a hair to high and slow rise to a 100 bye the end of the day, use a light bulb that is not to big where you have to turn the dimmer down to all most off thay is a fine line from off and on and a power flux can turn it off use a smaller bulb so you can turn the dimmer higher so your setting of 100 will not be turned so low it is almost off ,(now get on ebay and get a waffer thermostat ) after the hatch just take the dimmer out and put the waffer in its place i say this bc i drive a truck and can not keep a eye on things when im gone but if someone is home all the time the dimmer will work fine