Then I say go with what is proven to work. Hovabators are absolute dog crap. Save them for incubating chicken eggs. When you can build an incubator out of an insulated wooden box with some shelving, flexwatt and a good, quality proportional thermostat for under $300, why would you do anything else?
EDIT: If you need to save some money and only have one or two clutches, the Coleman insulated cooler method with water, bricks and an aquarium heater hooked up to a good, quality proportional stat works well too! I built one of those for $40 plus thermostat.
05-14-2007, 06:07 PM
Sevo
Re: New Incubator
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Originally Posted by jglass38
Then I say go with what is proven to work. Hovabators are absolute dog crap. Save them for incubating chicken eggs.
I agree.. Actually i dont even trust them to chicken eggs.:rolleyes:
I have my incubator made out of an old upright freezer with flex watt inside and 2 120V cpu fans. I have a Ranco for the thermostat.
So keeping the thermostat probe in the egg box is not what others are doing? I think that is what Kevin at NERD said to do in his book..
05-14-2007, 06:41 PM
SatanicIntention
Re: New Incubator
Ok, here's where the probe is hanging currently. I was thinking about moving both shelves down one level so both egg boxes are in the middle of the fridge. The heat should be more even there, right?
Becky,
I would say that if those are the only two boxes you will be putting in there this year, then put the probe in between the boxes, and that should regulate the temp to be about the same in both boxes. Then just adjust the thermostat to read what you want, and you'll be golden.
