Homemade incubator!

[Rudy93013]

Sooo ive recenty just had my 1st eggs! Ive also recently built my own incubator just wanted to share any suggestion on how to make it better!

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[Duckopolis]

What are you incubating?

 

[Rudy93013]

Right now there is nothing in there but i just had my first coturnix eggs.... Im hoping they are fertil.

 

[bomert]

I made the same kind, My first hatch I had 4 of 12 hatch, I've got my second batch in ready to hatch any day now. I would put some holes in it for ventilation and I used duct tape to cover them to regulate the humidity. I can't really tell from the pics but I got a computer fan off of ebay for $3 for air flow. I didn't use a thermostat, I wired a dimmer switch in to adjust the temp. I'm raising corturnix, pretty new to it.

 

[Rudy93013]

How do you wire the fan to run that is the only thing ive not figured out how to do... Thats all i need to have it running perfect i hope.

 

[karlwakim]

I made the same kind, My first hatch I had 4 of 12 hatch, I've got my second batch in ready to hatch any day now. I would put some holes in it for ventilation and I used duct tape to cover them to regulate the humidity. I can't really tell from the pics but I got a computer fan off of ebay for $3 for air flow. I didn't use a thermostat, I wired  a dimmer switch in to adjust the temp. I'm raising corturnix, pretty new to it. 

What was the temp at ?

 

[karlwakim]

How do you wire the fan to run that is the only thing ive not figured out how to do... Thats all i need to have it running perfect i hope.

Get a 12V adapter/transformer and use it to power the fan.

 

[Rudy93013]

One thing i dont knw and have seen it different everywhere is how close the thermometer/hydrometer needs to be to the light bulb?

 

[Graphite91]

well you need to measure the temp and humidity where the eggs are going to be, so make sure its either in with the eggs or nearby and the same height as the eggs are.

One thing i dont knw and have seen it different everywhere is how close the thermometer/hydrometer needs to be to the light bulb?

Well you need to measure the temp and humidity where the eggs are, so make sure its either in with the eggs or nearby and the same height as the eggs are.

 

[Rudy93013]

I hadnt thought about that but very true thank you!