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Well I built a cooler incubator but can't get the temp to come down. I was using a 60 watt bulb and it was up to 116, used a 40 watt bulb and got 111, now I'm using a 25 watt bulb and am at 104, I have a bunch of holes and my humidity is in the low 30s. I currently have a mini loaf pan with 1 sponge with some water in there.

Suggestions?
 
Tupperware incubator- I rigged one up this past summer for a hatcher when I did staggered hatches. Big bin like earlier pics for nest boxes with fabric and nonslip drawer liner on bottom, a dish of water, light bulb and thick clear plastic over top of bin so we could see. I was constantly changing the bulbs to different wattages to hold the temp as the day/night progressed and constantly moving the water dish closer/further from the light for humidity control. I did not like it at all! Humidity would be so high as to have condensation yet gauge would be reading low and chicks would turn out shrink wrapped. At first (because it was a new idea and all the excitement was there) there were great hatch rates because of constant monitoring. Then it was such a chore to monitor and switch everything at all hours like a new baby! Because it isn't insulated you'll have a hard time keeping constant ranges. Some chicks will hatch given the hardest of conditions but it would be SO much better if you could find a used styrofoam incubator. Around here used still-air ones can go for as low as $25/$30. Oh, and the "new fangled" bulbs don't work the same as the old types.
 
I did build a styrofoam cooler incubator. I am going to move it out of my kitchen in to my bathroom where there are less drafts. It read 97 degrees and 29 humidity all night long. It is also 69 degrees in my house this morning. I really need to get the eggs in there and get the temp leveled out.
 
wow! So quiet today!!!

Anyway, I took apart an old cable box, took out the fan and wired it to an outlet cord. Attached it to Styrofoam cooler bator and now it is running about 95 degrees and 26% humidity. So my forced air runs colder than my still air. I was reading from Mississippi state that a still air can be at 102 degrees but a forced air needs to be between 99-100.

thoughts? Should i stick with the forced air and up the wattage of the light bulb? I am currently using a 25 watt bulb. or should I nix the fan? I have already sealed all the holes.
 
LingaB said:
wow! So quiet today!!!

Anyway, I took apart an old cable box, took out the fan and wired it to an outlet cord. Attached it to Styrofoam cooler bator and now it is running about 95 degrees and 26% humidity. So my forced air runs colder than my still air. I was reading from Mississippi state that a still air can be at 102 degrees but a forced air needs to be between 99-100.

thoughts? Should i stick with the forced air and up the wattage of the light bulb? I am currently using a 25 watt bulb. or should I nix the fan? I have already sealed all the holes.
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Do you have water in the bator for the humidity?
 
Never mind I see you said that in an earlier post I must have missed. I haven't yet hatched any chicks but I've watched our daughter with great success hatch many. She has a forced air incubator she always put a heated mug of water in her incubator covered with a mesh cloth so chicks don't drown. It always brought up the humidity and the heat.
 
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Yep. I have a mini loaf pan with a sponge cut in half plus about 1/2 cup of water.
 

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