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Psyco peeps,FT - Yes, I ck'd Cutlers. But I had been looking so much I got burnt out and didn't pay much attn to what they had. Just mainly scanned thru it.
I was gonna say somethign else about incubators, but the dog peed on the carpet and I had to take them out. When I came back, this was still up and I've no clue what I was gonna say. Eh. Oh well. The only part that I can remember is that I can't sit here and try to jerry rig something, as I wouldn't even know where to begin. It doesn't matter if there are learning sections or not, I gurarantee my first few hatches will not turn out because i'm trying to play around with it to see what works, what doesn't, tweak this, troubleshoot that, temp's too high, humidity's too low, look it up see what other people suggest. I just don't have the time or energy to do all that (much less the brain power), and then loose out $$$ because all the eggs I bought flopped. I am not mechanically inclined and I completely suck at tweaking or rigging things, may as well build from scratch. Quite frankly, that defeats the purpose of buying something that works. I'm paying money for something that works so that I don't have to. As one person said; I should be able to just plug it in and forget about it. If it comes with a temp control, a humidity control, and a turner, what else would I need to do aside from check in from time to time to make sure that everything operating normal. It does the work for you. Or it should. That's what I'm paying the extra money for. {{shrugs}}
It is difficult to give advise to someone who does not have the time and energy to read information and educate themselves about chickens. Chickens can be challenging and they need a safe environment.
I would be delighted to spend some time with you and help you...after you build your coop and have a safe place for all that you have now.
There is no incubator that is set and forget it under $300. The humidity control only works if you put in water and those are cabinet incubators and high end incubators with additional attachments.
Okay wow! This is getting rediculous - who ever said that I don't ahve the time or energy to do some reasearch and educate myself? I sit here for hours every single day looking up stuff about chickens. Mind you I'm doing other things online, too, but you get my point. THis isn't the only forum or group that I go to, nor the only website that I go to to check out information. I DO do my research and I AM educating myself, (which is what newbies are supposed to do in the first place). What I did say is that I don't have the time or energy to try to rig my own incubator (not that I didn't have the time or energy to educate myself...that was your wording, just making that clear) and try to make one from scratch or to add my own add ons. I am not good with mechanic stuff and there is nothing wrong at all with me saying that, and that does not and should not make me look bad in any way, shape or form just b/c I don't want to learn how to rig it myself. There's no reason for me to, either. Just buy a decent incubator! That's why you set the temperature...the thermostat in the incubator keeps it at that temperature. That's why you get one with a humidity monitor. So you can keep an eye on it and if it's getting too low, you add more water. And if I decide to buy an egg turner with it, then I don't need to go in and rotate the eggs because it does it for you.
Again, I'm feeling like you guys are jumping on me, here. And I sure don't feel like "I" should've been the one to appologize to Jim. I did so because I was just being polite. HE is the one who was rude to me with his whole "just how dirty are you going to let it get?" comment. Like I'm just going to let them sit there and wallow in their filth and have diseases, flies, gnats, maggots, nasty poop, etc. just building up and let it get dirty and not do anything about it. Of course I'm going to clean it, that'sd why I'm asking HOW you clean a styrofoam incubator. Like I said, I'm imagining that if you put bleach on styrofoam that it would deteriorate and break down.
I should not be rediculed for asking how to properly clean a styrofoam incubator or for saying that I'm no good at rigging things myself and would rather spend a little extra money to get a nicer incubator to take some of the guess work off of me. I shouldn't.
