Incubators Anonymous

[DMRippy]

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Once you have a separate hatcher.... life gets so much easier...... Staggered hatch make for continual hatching

 

[Americangame]

With staggerd hatches does it matter howany different breeds/ eggs from different days you add in the incubator i mean maybe add them in groups of 4-5 eggs not 1 at a time lol

 

[Americangame]

That would be great.  Maybe one of these days I'll try to make one myself. I'm not very skillful, but my husband is.

To be honest i just mimicked a lot of different treads on home made incubators
1 about the wireing the thermostat with the light , the fan what people used for heat sinks ect. If i where to male a copy of my original incubator coast would be around 70-80 depends if i put a fan in the hatcher

 

[ki4got]

With staggerd hatches does it matter howany different breeds/ eggs from different days you add in the incubator i mean maybe add them in groups of 4-5 eggs not 1 at a time lol

you can add whatever you want that way, but i might recommend not adding them day after day, but maybe in weekly groups. i try to leave at least 5 days between groups so i can clean the hatcher between hatches.

 

[Americangame]

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you can add whatever you want that way, but i might recommend not adding them day after day, but maybe in weekly groups. i try to leave at least 5 days between groups so i can clean the hatcher between hatches.
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That is a good. Idea well now to wait or the hens to lay more eggs to try to hatch more chicks

 

[AlienChick]

Quote: x2

 

[SewChaos]

I'm debating between buying another ecoglow 20, ($70) a small sweeterheater ($75) or building my own brooder-heaters using plastic coated wire shelving and flexwatt. anyone have a thought or two?

 

[Impress]

The flexwatt sounds interesting. I am going to attempt to make an Ecoglow type device next month. I found a rubber mat for fairly cheap that is meant for putting next to your door to put wet shoes on to dry them out. I am going to mount it to a frame with adjustable legs and test it to see if it will hold correct temperatures. It will only cost me about $30 to make, so I figure it is worth a try. If all else fails, I end up with a nice foot warming mat to use while knitting.

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

I'm debating between buying another ecoglow 20, ($70) a small sweeterheater ($75) or building my own brooder-heaters using plastic coated wire shelving and flexwatt. anyone have a thought or two?

What is flexwatt ?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: It is a heat tape. They use it to keep pipes from freezing and lots of people use them with reptiles. I have it in my incubator, hatcher and brooder boxes too.