Homemade incubator liner? :)

[quenston]

Honestly I didnt even know that there holes in the bottom of my LG I guess I am going to have to look and see lol.

 

[lemurchaser]

It seems like foil would work well too, as long as the overlap wasn't in a water well. Heated saran wrap can leach some chemicals, but I doubt it would be in high enough concentrations to hurt hatching eggs.

 

[Amy's Animals]

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Yes, Sonojo, that is how I meant it to be.

 

[IggiMom]

I cover the little wire rack on the bottom of the Genesis with shelf paper, the kind you get from Family Dollar.

I do this because once my chicks hatched and got their little feet caught in the edges of the wire. Besides, it looked uncomfortable. The shelf paper looks more comfortable.

Catherine

 

[geosheets]

I was actually thinking of 'painting' the inside bottom half of my LG with casting epoxy. Not sure how it will hold up but it doesn't seem to melt the styrofoam and it should give it a smooth, slick surface that should be much easier to clean.

 

[IggiMom]

My Genesis does not seem to get all that dirty. Perhaps you are hatching out more eggs than me.

Between hatches, I just clean it with warm soapy water, rinse it, slosh some water with bleach in it around, and then sit it in the sunlight to dry.

Also, someone has suggested eggwash from Brinsea for cleaning the incubator. I haven't tried this, but I plan to.

Catherine

 

[sojono]

I do like Catherine when i go into lockdown i cover the wire mesh with the rubber shelf paper $1.00 a roll from the dollar store then when they are through hatching you can wash it and use it again it helps to keep the bottom of bator clean.sojono.

 

[walkswithdog]

Amy's Animals :

I got this idea after seeing some ads featuring incubators with disposable liners, maybe you've seen ones like it or own one. So I was thinking, could I make my own? After a particularly messy hatch, I learned that it is virtually impossible to clean styrofoam! Liners would make it so much more easy!
I have a very basic, Little Giant "still air", incubator. I was thinking of taking the wire rack out (were the eggs lay upon) and dump the water out of the water tray and line the entire bottom with saran wrap, including the water trays, and just fill the water trays back up on top of the saran wrap. Then, when the hatch is over with, grab the saran by the corners and just pull it out and dispose of it and line is with a fresh liner of saran wrap. Has anyone ever tried this idea or one similar to it? Does it work? Thank you

LOL my daughter Knits them for me. All in baby colors. Since I dry incubate I don't have a damp issue and they get great purchase on the totally washable/bleachable thick pads. God bless a good kid.​

 

[LovinMyPeeps]

Lucky for me, my mom works in an operating room. The clean sterile drapes (that never touch patients or their fluids) I think should make some good liners, they're sterile, water proof on the bottom and thus I can use them to hold water. They're also medical grade and hypoallergenic so this may work out great! I never thought of this until this post. Thanks for the great idea!!

 

[geebs]

I would try it with a batch that isn't that important in case of "off gassing"