Make shift incubator/hatcher?

[morganalefae]

I'll give it a go damn brinsea could not wait to carp out till after the hatch oh no it had to go now. Now when I have ppl waiting to buy chicks off me

 

[morganalefae]

well I contacted ebay about the payment issue they said on my end it's been paid but unclaimed by the seller and then gave me a ref for paypal. contacted paypal they confirmed that the seller as not claimed the payment. so I have no clue why they told me processing time for paypal credit card payments is 2-3 days. they better take my payment and ship that blasted incubator or give my husband his money back and I'll buy from the UK based company!

 

[skywen135]

I made mine out of a Styrofoam cooler. I have 2 plastic containers in bottom I fill with water for humidity. Wire mesh flooring for eggs to sit on. Lightbulb in top with sliding dimmer switch that controls temp. I also put 2 papertowels along back wall into water containers and spritz with water if need to get humidity up. I do have a small fan (in pic you can see wires on left), It's a small computer fan but I think I put it too low in the wall of cooler as it cools the eggs too much so I don't use, just have a still-air incubator.

 

[skywen135]

Here's a pic looking down with lid off. Drawback is temp drops quickly when lid removed but then again, mom isn't on her eggs 24/7 so a couple minutes isn't going to make a difference. Some people have put tubing down from the top to refill water containers so you don't have to take lid off. But I don't have an auto-turner so I need to get in there !

 

[morganalefae]

Mine is keeping temp pretty steady with heating pad under the egg (just put one in). Egg feels about the same temp as those in the real incubator. I sweet I'm dumb tho timing to see how long the dang heating pad stays on for and it's printed right on the controller. The humidity is really high tho so trying to find a good medium there

 

[Kiki]

LOL no it anit night time right now it's like 9 mins to 1 in the afternoon.

I did miss posts...my bad.

 

[Kiki]

bloody hell what is so hard for a ebay seller to claim money that has been paid to them so they can ship my new bloody incubator!

You are probably buying from an alien!!!

 

[Kiki]

You got this. Just go for it. Heres a mock up of my thoughts. Clementines are "eggs", tea towel is "heating pad". Like mama sitting on eggs.View attachment 1314347 View attachment 1314348 View attachment 1314350

Double trophy points earned for this genuis idea. You are on fire today.

 

[Kiki]

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I made mine out of a Styrofoam cooler. I have 2 plastic containers in bottom I fill with water for humidity. Wire mesh flooring for eggs to sit on. Lightbulb in top with sliding dimmer switch that controls temp. I also put 2 papertowels along back wall into water containers and spritz with water if need to get humidity up. I do have a small fan (in pic you can see wires on left), It's a small computer fan but I think I put it too low in the wall of cooler as it cools the eggs too much so I don't use, just have a still-air incubator.

What exact item is this?
I am interested in it.

 

[Kiki]

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Here's a pic looking down with lid off. Drawback is temp drops quickly when lid removed but then again, mom isn't on her eggs 24/7 so a couple minutes isn't going to make a difference. Some people have put tubing down from the top to refill water containers so you don't have to take lid off. But I don't have an auto-turner so I need to get in there !

Is this hatch happening now?