Incubating eggs with Brinsea Ecoglow?

[lazy gardener]

IMO, it's not worth experimenting with the life of an embryo. However, if you were able to place that eco glow in a box, and monitor the temp under it, doing checks of temp AND humidity with CALIBRATED thermometer and hygrometer every 3 - 4 hours for 2 - 3 days, and keep the temp at 102* at the surface of a container of water that was the same diameter as an egg (perhaps a pill bottle?)... Then, perhaps you would have a stable enough environment to trust with the life of an embryo. The time to experiment is before you commit to stewardship of the little life that you have started. Please, do not experiment with fertile eggs. Your home temperature would have to be very consistent in order for this to work. And you would have to be very alert to temp spikes which can occur even in an incubator due to increased metabolic activity within the egg as the embryo develops.

Further, before you even start doing your temp and humidity checks, read ALL OF "HATCHING EGGS 101" in the learning center. It should be required reading before any one is ever allowed to plug in an incubator.

 

[WVduckchick]

I think it's a neat experiment. I have an Ecoglow, and I'm doubtful that it gets warm enough, but properly testing it first, and good conditions, it could possibly work.

 

[iluvsedward]

I believe it could very well work. People have hatched eggs under a lamp. Are they the best conditions? No, but that could be improved upon, and sometimes we make do with what we have in situations like when a broody quits. What about one of those styrofoam coolers from the supermarket? It might insulate too well, but thats an idea.

While it is important to not go experimenting with live embryos of any kind, if the conditions are stable there is no reason why it would be wrong. This could be an informative experiment that could help people who dont have an incubator and find themselves in the above-mentioned situation.

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

I completely agree that is not okay to experiment with embryos. I would test the temps and humidity till it was perfect. But if the temp is stable it really wouldn't be different than using an incubator to hatch eggs. That is a very clever idea with the pill bottle lazy gardener. iluvsedward, I think the styrofoam cooler is definitely worth a try.
Thank you all for the responses!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Whatever you use to encase it, aside from vent holes, it can't have free airflow to the ambient air unless you live in an extremely humid climate.