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[wingstone]

Quote: when will you be doing the test hatch,,,it is almost worth the drive just to see it in operation...

 

[Brittany7]

Fire hazard> do you not use light bulbs all over your house? LOL!!! they are light sockets and ceramic, BETTER than those your using in your house!

I agree!! I think hes more worried about the wiring of the thing...Like the fan or an old cell phone charger and the light to the therm. I dont think it is...who knows its probably his excuse for me not to have more chicken!!! He knows I have gone chicken crazy!

 

[wingstone]

Quote: anybody that thinks they are chicken crazy should make a trip to see me,,,,,

most of you do not know chad but he brought treats one time and quickly learned that he did not bring enough, should of seen the look on his face when about a hundred birds came at him from all directions and that was just what could get out and run (meaties could not get to him)

 

[PAchickenlover]

[COLOR=333333]Say Hello to half of my weekend! [COLOR=000000]Hubs and I have had a very busy weekend, more time fine tuning our new incubator so it has perfection in temps top to bottom, but our brainstorm has turned out amazing![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Gigantic Cabinet COOLER INCUBATOR w/semi auto turning [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]I took images all the way through this project even the fine tuning to get no variance top to bottom so I will create a Thread with how we did everything later on when I get all the stuff organized.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]150 qt Coleman Xtreme insulated Cooler as big as I could find, $67. free shipping I think its just about 4' long[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Dual Fan $17.00 for set of Four(used two), use old power inverter thingers I had, Two 90 Watt Lights in ceramics $1.97 each, single Wafer Thermostat $22., rear Air duct.cost of styrofoam? I had it leftover, foil tape $3.00 have half left over. Three of those egg trays you suggested out of the six in the lot $21. for lot of 6, 3 rods for the trays $1.95 each., Handle $1.97, plexi $1.98 x 2, shelf we had left over from our reno, and a pc of thin cabinet back for the lower shelf, and a tad of caulk and gasket sealant we had on hand. clevis pins were $1.25 ea. x3 and flat pc alum for turning was a buck or two. and one 2x3 lumber $2.97[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]est $132.00 cost[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Here is hubs showing off his handywork of my GENIUS! HOWEVER I did get yelled at because I put the "darn thermometer" in his way for when he took the tray out! [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Has some tweaking needs done, but Its awesome!! [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Check out this vid of my fine tuning temps so top to bottom are identical, MIND you I messed with a taped piece of cardboard in the bottom and re-sized the return duct opening numerous times and the depth of the bottom shelf to get the temps the same. It wasn't an easy feat and my bum hurts from sitting in the kids little chair watching the thing and making minor adjustments! HA HA HA [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]This vid is before I added the permanent backer board shelf at the bottom as I was adjusting for perfection. I could technically include a hatcher in the bottom or another egg rack, but I dont want to hatch in it, but it has plenty room for additions stuff, also if you note the cut outs in the side of the cooler, you can easily take out the racks and turn this quickly into a multi level hatcher, we may do another for a hatcher and find plastic tubs to fit in the slits. [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]

That is awesome! very nice job!

 

[chiques chicks]

Sally, excellent pictures and description! For those who wonder, this is basically how I do it in a mini fridge. Mine had space to install auto turners. My lights are on the bottom, I have a fan blowing up at the top, and water bottles in there to stabilize the temperature.

Wingstone - once or twice a week. Dog, cat, chickens, rabbits. Always need something. Besides, they sell most of what I need in general and its on the way home from work.

 

[wingstone]

Sally, excellent pictures and description! For those who wonder, this is basically how I do it in a mini fridge. Mine had space to install auto turners. My lights are on the bottom, I have a fan blowing up at the top, and water bottles in there to stabilize the temperature.

Wingstone - once or twice a week. Dog, cat, chickens, rabbits. Always need something. Besides, they sell most of what I need in general and its on the way home from work.

I did that also, then I got our yearly summary and seen how much we really spent there, It is broken down into different categories, one of us was buying a lot of candy bars there also...

when I walked in and they would say Hi by name, I figured I went there to often..

 

[wingstone]

A little off subject !!!

does anyone do potatoes above ground in tubs or wire forms,,

we quit planting potatoes 2 years ago, they are just way to much work to dig, thinking about trying a few plants this year in a wire type setting above ground,,,,

anyone have details,,,,should i wait longer to plant since they do not have the ground for temp protection, and I imagine they need more water that way also..

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: ohhhhhhh geeezzzzz Can your dad help you, brother, mother sister aunt uncle? Bawahhahhhahaaa I say, when their is a will there is a way,this is a great example, I swore to myself that I WILL NOT spend 800 on a cabinet incubator, and I can pretty much guarantee this thing will be better with humidity keeping, and steady temps than a brand new cabinet. Thats my story and I stick to it!

Quote: when will you be doing the test hatch,,,it is almost worth the drive just to see it in operation...
Wing you can come hang anytime! I am not sure when my HRIR are coming, but kiddo just won silkie eggs so they are shipped today, depending on air cells we may set whatever eggs we have, mutts and all for a test run, so Sally Sunshine poultry will have cheap chicks later on! I am going to try to hatch our black polish under CCL roo just for fun. Not sure what they will look like, you genetics people have a clue?

Quote: anybody that thinks they are chicken crazy should make a trip to see me,,,,,

most of you do not know chad but he brought treats one time and quickly learned that he did not bring enough, should of seen the look on his face when about a hundred birds came at him from all directions and that was just what could get out and run (meaties could not get to him)

Wing is there a place down there for Cornish X NPIP I think you told me and I didnt bookmark! I want to try some but I dont want to bring anything into my flock IF YOU know what I meannnnnn.

Quote:

Sally, excellent pictures and description! For those who wonder, this is basically how I do it in a mini fridge. Mine had space to install auto turners. My lights are on the bottom, I have a fan blowing up at the top, and water bottles in there to stabilize the temperature.

Wingstone - once or twice a week. Dog, cat, chickens, rabbits. Always need something. Besides, they sell most of what I need in general and its on the way home from work.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

[COLOR=333333]Say Hello to half of my weekend! [COLOR=000000]Hubs and I have had a very busy weekend, more time fine tuning our new incubator so it has perfection in temps top to bottom, but our brainstorm has turned out amazing![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Gigantic Cabinet COOLER INCUBATOR w/semi auto turning [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]I took images all the way through this project even the fine tuning to get no variance top to bottom so I will create a Thread with how we did everything later on when I get all the stuff organized.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]150 qt Coleman Xtreme insulated Cooler as big as I could find, $67. free shipping I think its just about 4' long[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Dual Fan $17.00 for set of Four(used two), use old power inverter thingers I had, Two 90 Watt Lights in ceramics $1.97 each, single Wafer Thermostat $22., rear Air duct.cost of styrofoam? I had it leftover, foil tape $3.00 have half left over. Three of those egg trays you suggested out of the six in the lot $21. for lot of 6, 3 rods for the trays $1.95 each., Handle $1.97, plexi $1.98 x 2, shelf we had left over from our reno, and a pc of thin cabinet back for the lower shelf, and a tad of caulk and gasket sealant we had on hand. clevis pins were $1.25 ea. x3 and flat pc alum for turning was a buck or two. and one 2x3 lumber $2.97[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]est $132.00 cost[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Here is hubs showing off his handywork of my GENIUS! HOWEVER I did get yelled at because I put the "darn thermometer" in his way for when he took the tray out! [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Has some tweaking needs done, but Its awesome!! [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Check out this vid of my fine tuning temps so top to bottom are identical, MIND you I messed with a taped piece of cardboard in the bottom and re-sized the return duct opening numerous times and the depth of the bottom shelf to get the temps the same. It wasn't an easy feat and my bum hurts from sitting in the kids little chair watching the thing and making minor adjustments! HA HA HA [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]This vid is before I added the permanent backer board shelf at the bottom as I was adjusting for perfection. I could technically include a hatcher in the bottom or another egg rack, but I dont want to hatch in it, but it has plenty room for additions stuff, also if you note the cut outs in the side of the cooler, you can easily take out the racks and turn this quickly into a multi level hatcher, we may do another for a hatcher and find plastic tubs to fit in the slits. [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]

Good GRAVY, Sally!! Where DO you get your energy??! This is so completely awesome girly.

 

[dheltzel]

Wing you can come hang anytime! I am not sure when my HRIR are coming, but kiddo just won silkie eggs so they are shipped today, depending on air cells we may set whatever eggs we have, mutts and all for a test run, so Sally Sunshine poultry will have cheap chicks later on! I am going to try to hatch our black polish under CCL roo just for fun. Not sure what they will look like, you genetics people have a clue?

All the chicks will be single barred, so colored like a cuckoo hen. I'm not sure how the cresting is inherited, but I think it's probably partially dominant, at least. You might get bigger crests than CCL's, but I'm not sure how that part plays out.