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[motherhen71185]

If I can find the time, I would be willing to build one if.

-Someone provides the parts
-Someone takes pictures and writes a tutorial and posts it on BYC
-They keep it and don't blame me for too many chicks/poults/emu/ostrich/dinosaur/ or whatever may hatch
-we all have fun doing it!

can a parts list be provided?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

gotta go read,,,,86 post since I went for a nap and to work last night.......yepp.......Sally's back...

you asked for it!

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maybe we need to do an intervention at Sally's, Chad bring the alcohol please, we gonna need it...

Speaking of duck eggs, would anyone like some blue Swedish eggs to hatch? I'm not ready to start hatching ducks yet, so they're getting hard boiled and fed to the dogs & poultry.

I just need a day or so notice to keep my Pekin girls separate. I've only got Swedish males, so the Swedish girls are laying pure eggs.

YES !!!! YES !!!! please can you bring some to landis valley with you, blue swedish are one of my duck breeds, noisy but lovable.

Heather, I have bourbon red in the incubator. If I her a decent hatch, I'll have extra. My last hatch was horrible, so no promises.

Can not explain my way of thnking, but my brain read that as you are making red bourbon...

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here's mine.

noisy! OH bad !

Quote: thumbs up Mr. C

Sally, I shouldn't encouraged you, but this mini fridge or mini freezer uses the same parts as a cooler Bator. I use three turners, but could build racks on pivots with a hand Turner device amd easily fit more eggs. 10 dozen is enough ( too many). Water bottles in bottom to help stabilize temp, fan in top pointed up spaced with wine corks.
The fridge was free. It had been through a flood and ruined. Door has large double pane plexiglass window from an old piece I found laying around.

ENABLER is right

For those of you who like crested birds, I present one of my Swedish Flower Hens, crested variety. About the weeks old, or is it four?

cool!

And week old Bob's are kinda cute, but quick!

how cute!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

you guys crack me up.....

so far I bought my wafer thermostat off ebay, I could go cheaper with that digital one, but I haven't a single issue with a wafer thermostat so I am sticking with it!

I have the 2 sockets (I use two lights so if one blows I don't loose them all)

and I have fans and converters!
fan cheap off ebay.

and I have some plexi

all I need is
A COOLER and some of the heat glue stuff, to glue sockets into place. I used it all.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubator-incubator

 

[chiques chicks]

I've used threaded sockets used in table lamps and porcelain sockets screwed in. I've used water heater thermostats, wafer, and digital (incubator warehouse $50 ones are nice). I've used 12 volt computer fans and 120volt cooling fans from radio shack. Besides that, some electrical wire (lampcord or romex, I prefer three wire), a plug and wire (old outdoor extension cord works well), and if you want it safe and neat, an electrical box and cover (I use 4 inch metal) a ground fault circuit breaker , the things to put writes into an electrical box, some silicone, sheets of plexiglass for the windows, assorted screws, a drill and assorted bits, a jigsaw, screwdrivers, probably a knife and wire stripers.

I'm sure I forgot something.

Edit to add: wire nuts, electrical tape, something to use as spacers for the fan (I've used washers, corks, chunks of plastic I found laying around)

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I've used threaded sockets used in table lamps and porcelain sockets screwed in. I've used water heater thermostats, wafer, and digital (incubator warehouse $50 ones are nice). I've used 12 volt computer fans and 120volt cooling fans from radio shack. Besides that, some electrical wire (lampcord or romex, I prefer three wire), a plug and wire (old outdoor extension cord works well), and if you want it safe and neat, an electrical box and cover (I use 4 inch metal) a ground fault circuit breaker , the things to put writes into an electrical box, some silicone, sheets of plexiglass for the windows, assorted screws, a drill and assorted bits, a jigsaw, screwdrivers, probably a knife and wire stripers.

I'm sure I forgot something.

you forgot eggs lol

I had those table lamp ones in my hand, but dh said they weren't ceramic and they were 5x more than the simple ceramic ones! fans are cheap on ebay.

 

[beaglady]

I never met a junk pile I didn't enjoy! Always something can be salvaged or repurposed.

We have that philosophy too. Visitors be warned! Cause that 'useful stuff' all has to be stored until the right purpose comes along for it.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: I always said hubby had a useful purpose, just have not found it....

 

[motherhen71185]

Kiomey had a great i dea and i think we should try to do it. Have a cooler bator build party! Each person brings their stuff and some one coaches us how to build it. Food, and drinks and a good time included. (alcohol should be consumed AFTER building the incy) ANy one up for this? They seem kinda cheap to build...

 

[chiques chicks]

Then we need a brooder condo:

 

[chiques chicks]

Kiomey had a great i dea and i think we should try to do it. Have a cooler bator build party! Each person brings their stuff and some one coaches us how to build it. Food, and drinks and a good time included. (alcohol should be consumed AFTER building the incy) ANy one up for this? They seem kinda cheap to build...

Honestly, all I bought for the fridge Bator was a tube of silicone, the fan ($25, 120 volt from radio shack) and the thermostat ($50, I rent digital and nice, originally was $9 water heater thermostat, worked well if done right). Everything else was scrounged from stuff I had around.

Of course I bought the turners, $45 each with chicken and quail trays.