Finished Product.

Here is my incubator. I am proud to say that I constructed it completely solo :) No man-help here, except for supply buying (I am isolated in hickville where I work and live, so..)
Here goes! I want to shoot out huge thank-yous to those who helped me here. Mainly, LordJackel, who finally got me to understand the meaning of bottles inside, etc.. but I had other advisors, and you know who you are :)

The temps are a tad low and I am bumping them up; but they Are finally the same (meaning, accurite in-tub and Helix probe out-of-tubs..) :carrot:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s.../incthermo.jpg

Probe placement; I do need to buy a second ARite, but the boxes were the same when tested seperately and given a day or so each to level out.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s.../incoprove.jpg

This is one of the 2 egg boxes. Perlite under fluoro-light grid. Humidity 90 percent.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...es/incboxx.jpg

The inner sanctum!
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s.../incboites.jpg

The whole enchilada. It looks funny but it works, kinda like a mule.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s.../incwholed.jpg

I adore and worship this Helix t-stat. Temps in its room have gone from 65 to 75 in the past week, and this thing is Dead-On. No changes due to outside room factors at all! I wanna start a new Helix-worshipping religion.
Now all's I need are eggs; hurry up, Ginger!

Hi,


Nice job and glad to hear everyhting is nice and stable.:)

Now go make a spare top with a window in it for when the desire to peek 10 times an hour becomes too strong to resist. :P



dr del

I would put some paper towels over the eggs just to be sure that the condensation doesn't drip onto the eggs. Looks good though!


~mike

very nice gin! i especially like your little caution illustration on the top. :D

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Originally Posted by mlededee

very nice gin!

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Indeed!! Looks great, good job :gj:

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Originally Posted by mlededee

i especially like your little caution illustration on the top. :D

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:8: Looks just like your sig :eek:

Looks good Gin!!

It's simple, but it will do the job.

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Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

I would put some paper towels over the eggs just to be sure that the condensation doesn't drip onto the eggs.
~mike

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The eggs will be fine. If you have the right amount of moisture in the bottom of the tub (which from the pics you do), the condensation will not really start until about two weeks before hatching.
Now get some eggs in there!! LOL!! ;)

Good to see the final design. Good luck with the upcoming clutch.

You did a great job! Can't wait to see pics of the egg boxes full of fat big white eggs!:rockon:

Wow...it looks great. Ginger should be proud to have her (soon to be laid) eggs hatched in there.


Congratulations on a great job :rockon:

Looks like that will work like a charm!!! ;) Eggies will be all nice and toasty warm. :)

looks grest.. It sounds like it is running solid...keep us posted

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Nice job, it looks good. Proportional thermos are awesome. You can practically put a light bulb in a paper bag with an egg box, and the Helix will make sure they hatch.
:rockon:

good luck with it :)

Thanks; I want to say that building this incubator was not difficult at all. I had nightmares about it, and thought of buying a prefab one, but both the price and the shipping ramifications turned me off.. just like building the rack, it seems kind of intimidation at first, but really once you do it, you wonder what took you so long (at least I do!)
Pricing:
$175 (roughly) for Helix t-stat, Flexwatt and its cord.
$5 Perlite bag
$9 fluoro light grid for boxes and box "landing"
$10 accurite thermo/hydrometer
free: cooler (from a pet store)
free also: soda bottles; they were lying around anyway :)
Having a perfect environ for the eggs once they're laid: priceless.