My homemade incubator is finished!

[GeoKan]

Yippee!

I finally finished it and it's working perfectly.

I'll be picking up my eggs on Saturday, provided my egg turner gets here by Friday.

I would enjoy your comments and/or feedback.

A big Thanks to BYC and it's members for a great wealth of information.

 

[ThaJuicyJuice]

Looks great.. How well does it hold temps with the water heater t-stat?

 

[GeoKan]

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It runs at a stable 99.5 using my Spot Check thermometer inside a water wiggler. It may deviate a tenth of a degree, but I can live with that.

Check out my link above on more details.

 

[ThaJuicyJuice]

That is great! I would like to learn how you were able to achieve this. I would like to build some smaller prototypes for my students. We hatch eggs in the classroom and they are interested in keeping the hobby up after they graduate.

 

[GeoKan]

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I'm sure it could be done on a smaller scale.

Perhaps you could begin by using 1 x 8 inch boards for the sides and make it about 18 inches square and use one bulb.

 

[chicksntexas]

 

[gfcm]

Awesome job! You put a lot of thought into this and it shows!

 

[ChooksChick]

Fabulous! I'll be asking hubby for a cabinet incubator for mommy's day...I'll hand him this thread for ideas.

I've got eggs! How far are you from Lawrence?

 

[GeoKan]

Thanks for the warm replies everyone.

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Hey Chooks — I'm about an hour and a half from Lawrence. Thanks for the offer, but I landed some BCM eggies from Ivywoods who lives in Hiawatha, which is about 30 minutes from me.

I'll be picking up 2 dozen Saturday and set them in the incubator on Mother's Day.

Although, the way chicken math is calculated around here, I might be asking you later for a dozen or two.

 

[SierraView]

Very nice!