I built a incubator out of an old mini-fridge using the cooler-bator design from BYC. I lived in California and hatched hundreds of chicks. i have recently moved to Idaho and fired up my incubator in my garage. unfortunately, it is Feb. and freezing cold. so my incubator is having problems keeping up the temp. I was wondering if anyone with homemade incubators had tried using small reptile heat bulbs to heat their incubator. I think that the large heat lamp bulbs would be too hot and intense. but maybe the smaller bulb would work. Any ideas?
could you use the heat lamps on the outside? directed at the bator, to help maintain the out side temps?
