Incubator help?

[Chicken man15]

Try it.  Run your incubator for 2 or 3 solid days of testing before ever considering placing eggs in it.  I use a few small water bottles to simulate the bio mass of two dozen eggs while testing. 

Be sure to place two thermometers in the box while testing, watching carefully what each is reporting.  They may disagree a bit on what the temp is.

You didn't say, but i'm assuming you have a circulation fan, possibly a computer fan to move the air?  

 

[Chicken man15]

Try it.  Run your incubator for 2 or 3 solid days of testing before ever considering placing eggs in it.  I use a few small water bottles to simulate the bio mass of two dozen eggs while testing. 

Be sure to place two thermometers in the box while testing, watching carefully what each is reporting.  They may disagree a bit on what the temp is.

You didn't say, but i'm assuming you have a circulation fan, possibly a computer fan to move the air?  

Yes I do have a 12vt computer fan in it!
Is it ok to have a styrofoam box though?
Thanks,Tim

 

[Fred's Hens]

Well, as you can see, I've got a couple of foam boxes ready to go. I've made many of these for incubating and for hatching.
Did you follow some plans, as seen on a YouTube "Build A Cooler Incubator" or something like that?

Rush Lane Poultry has made over a dozen videos on building cooler 'bators, as he calls them. He's got over a dozen on YouTube and more on his own website. After you've watched 8 or 10 of his videos, you could do it in your sleep. Wade makes them, one after another, using all kinds of slight variations as to the hardware, such as thermostats, but there's a similarity to them all. A basic pattern. DIY! Making a Good Home Made Incubator for Less Than $20.00!

 

[Chicken man15]

what type of thermostat should I use?
a wafer thermostat?

 

[Chicken man15]

ok Thanks

 

[Chicken man15]

How do you work the Humidity?

 

[Chicken man15]

How do you work the Humidity?

I've heard it's hard to find the right humidity and Temp gauge I was just wondering if you guys have some ideas?