Incubator

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

How many eggs to the Hova's hold?

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I had 10 in my hovabator last season, they were in two egg containers though.

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Originally Posted by SiscoReptiles

Griggs,

Lots of people used that style (wafer) incubator for years when the reptile hobby was starting. Many old timers still do. The proportional thermostats that you can buy today with digital display are easier to setup than the older wafer style thermostats, but as long as you change the wafer in the wafer style thermostat every season and test it first, you should have no issue.

Let me offer one suggestion that that save you a couple bucks..

The incubator that big apple herp sells for $55 (and I assume they charge shipping too) can be picked right up at almost any local farm & grain supply store for $35 to $40. Most Agway stores carry them in stock.

For comparison..

http://www.agwaycatalog.com/catalog/product/16651

Hope that helps,

Rick

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Can you give me some more information about this incubator? Its meant for chickens and etc.. And can be bought at farm & grain supplies stores? This is a styrofoam box, with a thermostat on it?

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Originally Posted by Griggs2121

Can you give me some more information about this incubator? Its meant for chickens and etc.. And can be bought at farm & grain supplies stores? This is a styrofoam box, with a thermostat on it?

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I went to my local Southern States farm supply and they had a couple of different brands. It appears that they are all styrofoam boxes with heaters and thermostats. I was supprised, but can see how it makes economic and thermodynamic sense. Chicken eggs incubate at higher temps, so accurate temp control is importent, but after that, as long as it keeps the heat and humidity in, who cares what its made of. I'm sure that there are more expensive types of insulators, and if one wants to pay for them, feel free.

I used the hovabator to hatch beardies and it was fine but I would br worried about BP's. Beardie eggs can vary alot more with temps and humidity. BP eggs are not so forgiving.

Yea, I wonder how to get the humidity to be where we want it

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Originally Posted by Griggs2121

Yea, I wonder how to get the humidity to be where we want it

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water

good call, where to put the water?

Mix the right amount of water in your vermiculite and you'll be good to go.

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Originally Posted by Het4Something

so without an incubator the eggs dont have a shot? even if i use vermiculite as a substrate in the tank?

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Eggs can still hatch successfully without removing them for artificial incubation. One downside to keeping the eggs with the dame snake is that she will not be able to go back on feed until the eggs are hatched, a couple months after laying.

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Originally Posted by Griggs2121

Can you give me some more information about this incubator? Its meant for chickens and etc.. And can be bought at farm & grain supplies stores? This is a styrofoam box, with a thermostat on it?

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The incubator sold as Agway, the one I gave you a picture of, is the same exact incubator Big Apple Herp sells. It does hold heat and humidity fine. I have used it to hatch tegus, balls and corns. It works fine, but is only good for a couple clutches. I still have the one I used years ago and it works fine. I use it for the cornsnakes or misc stuff I hatch since my huge freezer/bator runs temps more appropriate for the balls & tegus.

Rick