She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

Or like LG who built her own which is not a LG.

Poor LG

 

[lazy gardener]

I wanted to try and build my own but my husband kept dragging his feet on making me a fiberglass box to encase it and I kept looking on Craigslist obsessively and I found 1 20 minutes from where we live for $30 with an auto turner and a free hatching box so I jumped on it, lol. Everyone else wanted $50+ for just the bator with no turner or anything. I still want to build 1 of my own though. I'm seriously thinking about marketing it once we get it all planned out and built. Does anyone know if they commercially make a small fiberglass bator yet? Like the size of the LG and such?

You could build one, and make a profit... but the liability would shoot you down before you even got started.

 

[meganhundley]

Yes it is best to take the turner out because it's easier for chicks to get hurt especially legs and you have a higher risk of splayed legs from them slipping on the plastic and YES chances are to maintain the right temps you will have to adjust it because for one, they are lower and two those turner motors give off a significant amout of heat and when you take them out, you loose that heat. Hatchers with bators that have thermostats don't see this but those of us that don't do see it and need to adjust for it. The trick with the 9200 is wiggling it just barely toward the increase till the light flashes on and then giving it time to see if it adjusts and give another wiggle if necessary. Another thing you can do and I have used this trick, is pointing the brooder light at the incubator and turning it on. This will give it a little extra heat and keep from having to adjust if you don't mind the light on it.

http://letsraisechickens.weebly.com...anuals-understanding-and-controlling-humidity

That's what I started doing when I first turned it on before the eggs went in, and I had gotten to where I could increase or decrease by about 1 degree or so but it was sooooo nerve wracking, lol. I think I may try the hatching box but I'm not really sure just yet. I'm still on the fence about it. If I do that though I'm in uncharted territory since no one else has used it and can't advise me on what to do. I think I'll have to think on it a while longer and decide which way to boldly venture forth.

 

[meganhundley]

You could build one, and make a profit... but the liability would shoot you down before you even got started.

This is true :/ Hmmmm... back to the drawing board.

 

[scflock]

It's super hot and muggy today, so I went to bring the chickens a cold snack and when I opened the run, no exaggeration, there was about 2dozen flies in the run! What the heck! Will that bother the chickens?

I don't like having flies around. If you start mulching like others said, it will cut down on things lying on top of hard ground that attracts flies. The chickens will constantly turn it over, and that in turn will help keep the flies away

 

[scflock]

This is true

Hmmmm... back to the drawing board.

I think every single one of us is trying to figure out a way to make enough money off of these chickens to retire and stay at home with them. The first one that figures it out gets a parade

 

[kwhites634]

That's what I started doing when I first turned it on before the eggs went in, and I had gotten to where I could increase or decrease by about 1 degree or so but it was sooooo nerve wracking, lol. I think I may try the hatching box but I'm not really sure just yet. I'm still on the fence about it. If I do that though I'm in uncharted territory since no one else has used it and can't advise me on what to do. I think I'll have to think on it a while longer and decide which way to boldly venture forth.

Try calling Captain Kirk

 

[FridayYet]

I think every single one of us is trying to figure out a way to make enough money off of these chickens to retire and stay at home with them. The first one that figures it out gets a parade

 

[meganhundley]

I think every single one of us is trying to figure out a way to make enough money off of these chickens to retire and stay at home with them. The first one that figures it out gets a parade

I'm on it!! Lol

 

[meganhundley]

I'm on it!! Lol

I'll figure out a way to lucratively (? is that a real word?) make and market a fiberglass bator. If I make enough money off of it I'll send all of you guys 1 for free, lol.