Will this make a good incubator ?

[pickledchicken]

It's fired up and running !

 

[Hawgon]

Congrats....It looks awesome...Very nice work

 

[pickledchicken]

Thanks I have eggs on the way can't wait to try it out, still not sure about the proper humidity yet info on that one is all over the place. I think I will try the dry hatch method and raise the humidity during lockdown

 

[Wisher1000]

That is working for me (dry hatch) but the only sure way to know if your humidity is working for you is to compare the air cells to the chart each time you candle. If it matches, you're good, if your cells are too small, lower the humidity, if they are too big, increase the humidity. In my house, my area of the US, the natural humidity works without having to adjust it (lucky for me!)

I'll see if I can find the diagram for you.

Here's one... http://www.poultryhelp.com/hatch.html

 

[pickledchicken]

Thanks for all the help ! I have farted around with the vents on the bator and I'm holding at 27 to 28 on humidity I hope that should be good for a dry hatch.

 

[pickledchicken]

Wisher1000 they suggest 85 to 87% humidity in the chart that certainly is not a dry hatch I have never read of the humidity being so high.

 

[pickledchicken]

Wisher1000 I want to know what they are using for the incubator nothing is that precise, what about when the hen gets of the nest? How can anyone keep it within a degree?

Obtain the best hatch by keeping the temperature at 99.5 degrees F. throughout the entire incubation period when using a forced-air incubator. Minor fluctuations (less than ½ degree) above or below 100 degrees are tolerated, but do not let the temperatures vary more than a total of 1 degree.

 

[Hawgon]

That is working for me (dry hatch) but the only sure way to know if your humidity is working for you is to compare the air cells to the chart each time you candle.  If it matches, you're good, if your cells are too small, lower the humidity, if they are too big, increase the humidity.  In my house, my area of the US, the natural humidity works without having to adjust it (lucky for me!)

I'll see if I can find the diagram for you.

Here's one... http://www.poultryhelp.com/hatch.html

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[gabrielle1976]

I have a quesiton I probly missed seeing it in one of the posts but what do you do for air for the eggs and chicks did you drill in holes in it? Thank you

 

[pickledchicken]

I have a quesiton I probly missed seeing it in one of the posts but what do you do for air for the eggs and chicks did you drill in holes in it? Thank you

I have a inch and a half hole in the bottom for the egg turner cords, and another one up top in the back.