Ok I made a homemade incubator and egg turner a few months ago. Works great, hatched maybe close to 200 chicks but there are things that are inconvenient that I want to fix so I need your help on a couple of things. I am a visual learner so PICTURES, lots of pics the more detail the better.
1) This should be easy, I want to add a 3 or 5 gal water bucket to refill the water for humidity from the outside. I think I need a clamp to stop the water to refill the bucket. But I just can't visualize how that will work in detail with hoses. So if anyone has this PLEASE post pics and descriptions.
2) The egg turner..... here is what we did last time https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=92428-homemade-incubatoregg-turner
My son wants to make the better this time. I need to still use the rotisserie. It really is the gears he wants to do better with. Most of the egg turners I have seen just don't show how the gears, pulleys and and stuff really work and how they are connected to a motor.
We are going to work in revers this time. Build the turner and then build the cabinet to work better with the turner. Other changes we are going to make are removable trays and we are going to use Flexwatt as the heat source. So if you have tips for any of that too I will take it
Thanks!
1) This should be easy, I want to add a 3 or 5 gal water bucket to refill the water for humidity from the outside. I think I need a clamp to stop the water to refill the bucket. But I just can't visualize how that will work in detail with hoses. So if anyone has this PLEASE post pics and descriptions.
2) The egg turner..... here is what we did last time https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=92428-homemade-incubatoregg-turner
My son wants to make the better this time. I need to still use the rotisserie. It really is the gears he wants to do better with. Most of the egg turners I have seen just don't show how the gears, pulleys and and stuff really work and how they are connected to a motor.
We are going to work in revers this time. Build the turner and then build the cabinet to work better with the turner. Other changes we are going to make are removable trays and we are going to use Flexwatt as the heat source. So if you have tips for any of that too I will take it

Thanks!