Homemade Bator - UP and RUNNING!

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I got my "chic bator" (AKA Miss Prissy bator) completed and running. I too am having difficulty getting the temp regulated. I still need to get the water weasel and another thermometer with a probe. I found a nice one in Walmart in the kitchen gadgets area. It's for bar-b-queing meat and actually has an alarm on it. You can set it for....say 101 degrees and if the water weasel temp gets above that, the alarm will go off. I think it was around $14.00.

The computer fan that I used was given to me by my daughter's boyfriend and has a blue LED light. I thought I was going to hate it but it's really cool. When the light bulb goes off via the thermostat the inside remains eerily blue and you can see everything inside. This will be handy when the chics are hatching...(Yes, I'm counting my chicks before they hatch!!) I took pics but left my thumb drive at home. I"ll post pics this evening.

 

[NoSpringChick]

You can also put a "heat sink" in for further stabilization in temperature....it's just a filled bottle of warm water. I found that it really helps when you have to open it to turn the eggs...I don't lose much heat at all.

 

[equus2]

2nd day, and temp is 99.4. Again, don't know what kind of fluctuating went on during the day. I'm so encouraged!

Ohhhh, I wondered about those LED fans....cool. Glad to hear they work. They're cheap on ebay. My grandson is building his own for 4-H. He'll think that's just totally "suh-weeeeet."