My incubator build

[BairleaFarm]

Got the holes drilled for the racks. I should be able to comfortably hold 120 eggs. Alot more than ill ever use im sure but we all know hoe chicken math works. I also got the thermostat, bulb socket, and wiring done.

 

[quintinp]

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looks great.... BUT i have a suggestion for the thermostat,,,, and in one of the pictures i see you have a drill,,,,, well watch this video,,,, and do this to your thermostat,,, i recommend this to everyone i see who is building a homemade incubator and using a hot water heater thermostat,,,,,, here's the vid

.... this will make the temps super stable

 

[BairleaFarm]

I hadnt seen the vid but did read up on it. I want to try it without modification to see how it works. If I do fluctuate ill drill the holes. Thanks for the link.

 

[BairleaFarm]

I just dont think ive got enough room for the 4 racks. There is only a few inches between each rack. Whatcha think?

 

[cmom]

Very nice!!!

 

[quintinp]

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looks very nice to me, are you buying an egg turner motor,,, or manually turning them from the outside

 

[BairleaFarm]

funds are limited so for the time being ill be turning them from the outside.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Spacing on racks looks OK to me. Set a couple of eggs in place and see what it looks like. It's not like the eggs are going to bump their heads.

 

[BairleaFarm]

im worried more about when they hatch. Is there enough head room to hatch.

 

[matlock585]

If you scrap the egg trays and hand turn your eggs, you'd have plenty of room. I wouldn't suggest turning 120 at once by hand, but you could do a rack at a time. If you had the individual frames on drawer runners, you could pull them out easily. Use the hardware cloth for the floors and you've got your full circulation. Hand turn one tray then wait a bit and do the next. I may just try this out myself.
Yours looks great. Very impressive.
Thanks for sharing.