How's my incubator look?

[Mike41793]

Hey guys,

I just finished (well, pretty much finished) setting up my incubator. Im only expecting 1 clutch this year (fire x cinnamon) so thats why I'm just using a small cooler. I'm pretty sure I'm not forgetting anything but please let me know if you see something missing or if something doesn't look right.

I have one strip of flexwatt on the bottom with light grate on top of it to create a space so the egg tub isn't sitting directly on the flexwatt. I also have a strip of flexwatt on each interior wall of the cooler. I ran all the wires out of the cooler and cut a small notch out of the lid so that even with the wires there it still closed and sealed pretty tightly.



This is just with a 6qt tub in there with the light grate in it too. I should be able to fit a few water bottles in there too:


I plan on getting a herpstat 2 to run it. I still need to get an accurite thermometer too. After talking with nikki and coleslaw, I *think* I'm going to put the probe of the herpstat on the bottom strip of flexwatt and run the probe of the accurite inside the actually egg tub. Does that sound right or is there a better way to setup the thermostat and thermometer probes?

Thanks for reading!

-Mike

[nimblykimbly]

Nice! That incubator looks really good!

[pookie!]

You're gonna 'bate the crap out of those eggs!

[swansonbb]

Maybe a fan?

[Mike41793]

Maybe a fan?

I wasnt gunna bother with one since its such a small space. Fans are for preventing hotspots but i doubt in that small of a space id run into any trouble.

[Mike41793]

You're gonna 'bate the crap out of those eggs!

Im cramming that bator with eggs. CRAMMING!

[Rob]

Sweet, nicely done Mikey

[DooLittle]

It looks empty... . Nice though. I have all my stuff, just need to find time to get it all together. Seriously though, lucky you have eggs coming! I'm jealous.

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[Mike41793]

It looks empty... . Nice though. I have all my stuff, just need to find time to get it all together. Seriously though, lucky you have eggs coming! I'm jealous.

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I "hopefully" have eggs coming. Tonites feeding nite, my girl is still eating so im still pairing lol.

[joebad976]

I would put the flex watt at the bottom and not the sides. Also get some water bottles to lay on the bottom then the grate on top of that this well help minimize any hot spots in the tape. I like the small SAMs water bottles you can get from Walmart. No need for fan since it so small. Overall looks good.