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Choosing an incubator
Many different styles of incubators are available, most common are Styrofoam types found at most feed stores. These incubators hold more eggs and are usually less expensive, but they require more involvement in the hatching process. Egg turners are usually optional that can be added for convenience. There are also some great “hands free” incubators, commercial incubators as well as Simple Inexpensive Homemade Incubators. We make “Coolerbators” they work 100% better than our store bought incubator because it has less than .5 degree variance and we have very successful hatches in it!
The Coolerbator link and how to make it…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubator-incubator
CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861788/gigantic-cabinet-cooler-incubator-how-we-did-it-and-test-run-ready-set-go
The Coolerbator link and how to make it…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubator-incubator
CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861788/gigantic-cabinet-cooler-incubator-how-we-did-it-and-test-run-ready-set-go
Still air or forced air incubator? There are 2 main types of incubator. Still air and forced air. The difference is simply a fan. In forced air incubators, a fan circulates the air around the incubator which keeps the temperature constant in all parts of the incubator. The temperature can be measured anywhere within the airflow. In a still air incubator, there is no fan, the heat stratifies (forms layers) inside the incubator so the temperature is different between the top and bottom of the incubator.
IMPORTANCE OF FANS and HOW TO ADD ONE! post #58100
Why fit a fan in an egg incubator https://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/WhyFan.aspx
Poultry Keeper Choosing the Right Incubator http://poultrykeeper.com/incubating...ng-the-right-incubator-for-your-hatching-eggs
Incubator warehouse.com Egg Incubator Buyers Guide http://incubatorwarehouse.com/egg-incubator-buyers-guide
BYC DIY INCUBATORS https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-chicken-egg-incubator-designs-pictures
Hova Bator Poultry Egg Incubators HERE
Strombergs Incubator Sales Click below...
- Basic Poultry Incubators
- Advanced Poultry Incubators
- Cabinet Poultry Incubators
- Poultry Incubator Kits
- GQF Poultry Incubators
- Brinsea Poultry Incubators
- R-Com Poultry Incubators
- Lyon Poultry Incubators
Brinsea Mini Advanced Incu w/ auto turner from Brinsea REVIEW from hatchers begins post #24923 post #25325
Brinsea Celsius to Fahrenheit & user guide post #25800 post #25184
Brinsea Incubator review page http://www.love4myplanet.com/incubators-for-chickens-reviews.html
THERMAL AIR FLOW MODEL HOVA-BATOR pdf http://www.poultryhelp.com/gqfhbthermal.pdf
pdf GQF Cabinet incubators MANUAL, DIAGRAMS and parts. http://www.gqfmfg.com/PDF/Cabinet%20Model%20Instructions.pdf
Hatching in a Food Dehydrator? post #34612
LOCATION OF INCUBATOR
Locate your incubator in a room in which temperature is 70 degrees, free from drafts,
away from windows and direct sunlight.
Did you know that the Incubating practice originated more than 2,500 years ago in Egypt and China. Methods of incubation were kept secret for a long time. In Europe attempts to use incubation are known from the 14th century. Owing to the imperfection of incubation apparatus (casks submerged in rotted manure, bakers’ ovens, and so on) and inadequate study of the conditions of incubation, it did not become common. Only since the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, with the invention of better incubators, has incubation become widely used in Europe and the USA; since the middle of the 20th century it has been the principal method of propagating poultry.
INCUBATORSaway from windows and direct sunlight.
Did you know that the Incubating practice originated more than 2,500 years ago in Egypt and China. Methods of incubation were kept secret for a long time. In Europe attempts to use incubation are known from the 14th century. Owing to the imperfection of incubation apparatus (casks submerged in rotted manure, bakers’ ovens, and so on) and inadequate study of the conditions of incubation, it did not become common. Only since the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, with the invention of better incubators, has incubation become widely used in Europe and the USA; since the middle of the 20th century it has been the principal method of propagating poultry.
Incubator Accessories & PARTS
Incubator Warehouse:
- Strombergs Egg Turners HERE
- BRINSEA Advance Incubator Humidity Pumps
- BRINSEA Egg & Incubation Disinfectant
- CIRCULATED AIR FAN KIT FOR LITTLE GIANT 9200 click HERE
- Circulated Air Fan Kit for the Little Giant 9300 Incubator click HERE
- IncuKitXL for Cabinet Incubators All-in-one thermostat, heater, fan control unit click HERE
- GQF Cabinet incubators MANUAL, DIAGRAMS and parts. pdf Click HERE
- Strombergs Incubator Parts Click HERE
ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styrofoam incubator to make minor adjustments! post #38133
Wrapping an incubator for steadier temperatures post #25454
R Com 20 MAX Egg Turning Song video of turning post #25776
Hov-A-Bator guide & which direction turns heat up and down! post #42178
Incubator Warehouse heat won't go up post #46629
Adding Fans and Thermostats
THE IMPORTANCE OF FANS and HOW TO ADD ONE to your STYRO! post #58100
6" 240 cfm DUCT FAN for cabinets all sizes click HERE
THERMOSTATS/TEMP CONTROLLERS: *Also see Incubator Accessories and Parts Above
- Temperature Controller Thermostat Control Switch Unit 1 Relay Output with Sensor CLICK HERE
- STC-1000 Digital Temp.Controller w/Sensor AC110V Install/Wiring Diagrams post #63789
- How a wafer Thermostat Works Click HERE & HERE
- Hot water heater Thermostats, Must get drilled Watch Video HERE & See CoolerBATOR
- Aluminum PTC Heating Element Thermostat Heater Plates Click HERE & Ceramic Thermostatics Click HERE
- Incubator incubator heat elements Click HERE
- Replacing LG thermostat & wafer stuff post #13845
- Replacing a wafer with digital and keeping a wafer as backup post #22856
Homemade DIY Incubators
BYC MEMBERS Homemade Incubators CLICK HERE
CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR
CoolerBATOR
RUSH LANE~ MUST SEE B4 DIY https://www.youtube.com/user/RushLanePoultry
Links to 'bator building! post #4423
WINE COOLER DIY:
- https://seventreesfarm.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/new-incubator-more-trial-more-error-more-fun/
- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1052404/time-to-build-another-incubator#post_16200994
- https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chrystalgails-chicken-incubator
- Silverhair Mini fridge homemade Incubator post #29128 post #24731
- TheGonzo Incubator post #4423
- Cabinet Cooler Incubator Click CABINET/COOLERBATOR
- Hatcher pans examples for cabinets post #27306
- Fires cabinet post #34279
- Creating a Sportsman type Incubator https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/da-bator
- canadachickens Bator Build post #64264
- Cooler Incubator HOW TO Click CoolerBATOR
- Bennys BATOR BUILD post #64262
- Build your own Incubator with the STC-1000 CLICK HERE
- Simple double box incubator "put together" click HERE
- fresnofarmer post #32058 post #32065 post #40845 post #42282
- chicknloves cooler bator build! post #39395
- CliftonFarmer cooler bator build begins post #32561 post #33354
- Coolerbator country lovin post #45089 post #45859
- Bubbles CoolerBator Parts links post #57698 use at least 60 CFM in cooler for fan
- mrleeroy coolerbator build! post #58093
- localYokel coolerbator mid fan post #24900
- Frying pan incubator? http://www.fowlvisions.com/homemade-egg-incubator/
HOW TO SEAL a BATOR Click HERE
HOW Many VENT HOLES do I NEED? post #24735
DIY WAFER thermostat with ASSEMBLY Click HERE
DIY Turners & Egg Trays & Hatching Baskets Mics
How to put a turner back together post #63577
Bennys Awesome MANUAL horizontal EGG TURNER post #64262
Easy manual egg carton pvs turners click HERE and another in HERE
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9302/semi-automatic-egg-turner
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/bens-hens-diy-incubator
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9302/semi-automatic-egg-turner/10#post_67770
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/968827/my-diy-automatic-egg-turner
Homemade automatic or manual HORIZONTAL egg turner CLICK HERE
Sallys manual cabinet turner with trays post #32186
Manual PVC turner for incubator HERE
Hatching baskets Egg Trays and sizes/depths post #64634
DIY Egg Tray Hatching Baskets out of Hardware Cloth post #64620
CHEAP EGG TRAYS click here and HERE
Egg trays, also look at Cutler Supply and Hawkhead Hatchery Equipment
GFQ Turner Supplemental Maintenance Manual with detailed images PDF CLICK HERE
Rotisserie motor considered using with a timer chkncanoe CLICK HERE
Rotisserie Motor - NEW MODEL 6RPM Click HERE
Replacement Egg Turner Motor for Little Giant, HovaBator, and Farm Innovators Click HERE
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