Day 56...right on schedule! :)

[sho220]

If I remember correctly, no water at all with the hatchrite, correct? That second set of eggs btw are some of the most robustly, beautifully round eggs I think I have ever seen from a BP

Congrats! Will say a Bee Prayer for ya tonight! lol

No water needed with the Hatchrite...I had half a bag left over from last year and I used that on the second clutch I pictured...after a year of being stored in my snake room it still is able to maintain perfect humidity...

I'm saying prayers for Bee's too!

[sho220]

Came home from work this morning to find a couple more heads pipping...ended up cutting the rest and it looks like I have 2 normals, 2 Bee's, a Spider and a Pastel...

[Melissuhhh]

I'm so jealous...I can't wait to make my own bee. Thanks for your example of a incubator. I agree some make it too complicated and it's been freaking me out! haha Congrats

[sho220]

This clutch is a sausage fest...so far the two normals and one Bee have come out, all males...hopefully the other Bee is a female...

[Jessica Loesch]

I went the cheapo route and used a coleman cooler...heated with 2 feet of 11 or 12 inch flexwatt controlled with a Herpstat...



I cut a piece of plexiglass to use as an inside cover so I can open the cooler and check the eggs without letting out the warm air...



I routed all the wires through the drain hole and mounted temp guages/Herpstat on front...



I picked up some wire racks from Lowes to place the tubs on...



It's a very simple setup but works great...haven't lost an egg yet...knock on wood...

Hatching baby BP's couldn't be easier...I think alot of people run into trouble by over-complicating it...

Wow! Thank you for this picture. I was wondering if coolers could work. I think I'm going to go the broken CL fridge/freezer route, but still unsure about how to set up the heat tape. Lots of more research to do but I have lots of time

GORGEOUS bee babies ... I may be ordering a bee later today .... Such an addiction!

[zoomin31]

I use a cooler incubator also much like yours except I have full water bottles in the bottom to help stabalize the heat when the cooler is opened. I also have a small computer fan wired in the middle of the cooler to move the dead air around. works great I have my first clutch cooking right now due any day. Pastel to spider and mojave got my fingers crossed for bee's also.

[Reptpunk]

Congrats

[Eric Doane]

Congrats! The bee is beautiful. I would love to have one some day.

[rabernet]

What a beautiful bee! Congratulations! For the record, I'm a huge Hatchrite fan, but I have switched to straight Perlite for affordability, and incubate the same way. I mix water until it's the same "feel" with moisture as the Hatchrite. Got a 4 cubic foot bag of the stuff, it will last me for YEARS!

[coldbloodaddict]

That's a great looking Bee Doug!! Hope the next one is a female!